O'Sé expresses interest in Dublin job

Kerry legend Paidí O'Sé has admitted in a radio interview that he would consider taking on the vacant Dublin managerial position, if an approach was made to him.

A former All-Ireland-winning captain and manager with Kerry, O'Sé seems eager to get back into the managerial game.

Thirteen months ago, he resigned as manager of the Clare senior footballers after their Tommy Murphy Cup semi-final defeat to Antrim.

However, his impressive managerial CV includes All-Ireland wins with Kerry in both 1997 and 2000 and a first ever Leinster title for Westmeath in 2004.

The race to find a successor to Paul Caffrey, who resigned as Dubs boss after their 12-point All-Ireland quarter-final loss to Tyrone last Saturday, is already hotting up.

Former Dublin players Mick Deegan and Mick Galvin and current selector Brian Talty have emerged as the early front runners with the bookmakers, while another Kerryman, Jack O'Connor, has also been linked with the job.

Armagh's former All-Ireland-winning manager Joe Kernan has ruled himself out of contention after admitting: "It's nice to be mentioned but I couldn't see myself going to another county, not with the four lads involved."

Kernan's four sons, Aaron, Stephen, Paul and Tony, are all currently on the Armagh panel.

And while O'Sé has three nephews, Marc, Tomas and Darragh, in the current Kerry team, he has been their opponents' manager before and he might just be again in the not too distant future.

"Any player who went back to management, or managed his county team, of course he would give the Dublin job very serious consideration, it's a very attractive job," O'Sé told Newstalk.

"Of course all managers would look at that and would take it into account. Of course they would.

"I wouldn't be on my own in saying that, there are plenty of other people who would as well."