'We’re waiting to sit down with John': Signs point to Cleary remaining as Cork manager

Cork hurling manager Pat Ryan's initial three-year term as Rebels' boss concluded after Sunday's defeat to Tipperary. Cork GAA chairman Pat Horgan said "35 minutes should not define a team or a group".

John Cleary's initial three-year term as Cork football manager ended after the All-Ireland preliminary quarter-final defeat to Dublin. Pic: Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile

Cork GAA chiefs are confident of having the Cork senior football manager’s position “sorted” by the August County Board meeting, with all indications pointing towards John Cleary remaining in the job.

Cleary’s three-year term concluded on the evening of Cork’s All-Ireland preliminary quarter-final defeat to Dublin, but recent dispatches suggest he is keen to continue for a fourth season, albeit with a shaken-up backroom team.