Galvin: Gooch injury may have stalled my retirement

Paul Galvin has admitted he would have found it difficult to step away from Kerry had Colm Cooper picked up his season-ending injury earlier this year.

The 2009 footballer of the year has no intention of performing a u-turn on his decision at the start of the month to end his inter-county career.

However, he accepted things would have been more awkward for him had the Kerry captain, his former fellow half-forward, ruptured his cruciate ligament a few weeks previous.