'He never forgot Donegal' Peader Mogan on Jim McGuinness' identity

Not for the first time, Jim McGuinness has turned Donegal football on its head and it’s the sense of identity that he has with the county that struck Peadar Mogan most.

READ MORE: Former Kerry captain tells full-back line to mind the house instead of driving forward against DerrySo, imagine how he felt when it emerged that McGuinness was to return as manager after a disastrous 2023 for Donegal football. Since he had previously managed Donegal, McGuinness had been around the world, settling in Scotland, China and the US at different stages, trying to make a breakthrough in soccer coaching and management.

“I was obviously coming home for a while for training and games and then I ended up getting injured so I wasn’t getting the full brunt of it but it wasn’t nice, even some of the stuff you were reading and me being away, I was feeling very sorry for the players with some of the stuff that was being said about them.”

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