Kerry's David Clifford won’t go straight to top

David Clifford’s meeting with Éamonn Fitzmaurice does not mean the teenage prodigy will bypass the U20 grade and line out for the Kerry seniors in 2018, board chairman Tim Murphy has insisted.

Murphy yesterday welcomed the revelation in Friday’s Examiner Sport that Clifford has committed to Kerry for next season, stressing also that no decision has yet been made as to which squad the All-Ireland minor winning captain will be part of.

“We’re absolutely thrilled and over the moon that David has confirmed he’ll be with us in 2018,” Murphy told Radio Kerry.