Galvin to make early 2014 return for Kerry

Kerry will be able to call on the services of four-time All-Ireland winner Paul Galvin this season, coach Eamonn Fitzmaurice has confirmed.

The Finuge man, who turned 34 in November, has committed to the Kingdom in 2014 and may be available for the early stages of the National League, his inter-county coach confirmed yesterday.

Galvin has been weighing up a training programme for the new season that will give him the best chance of an injury-free run with the county. He has been beset by hip and back problems in recent seasons and with his involvement in the All-Ireland stages of the club championships with Finuge last year, he was late in returning to the inter-county set-up.