Philly McMahon ‘won’t lose any sleep’ over Colm Cooper

Philly McMahon says he won’t “lose any sleep” over the retirement of old rival Colm Cooper, saying they never met when the Kerry legend was in his prime.

A few weeks on from McMahon’s comments about Kerry’s newfound aggressive streak, which angered Kingdom boss Eamonn Fitzmaurice, the wily Dublin defender was yesterday offered the chance to heap praise on Cooper.

Yet instead of indulging in stock cliches or highlighting the genius of the Dr Crokes man as many of his peers have, McMahon, who marked ‘Gooch’ so well in the 2015 All-Ireland final, kicked to touch.