Imagine Seamus Coleman inside a Manchester United dressing room that is so bereft of leaders

Retirement really shouldn’t be an option for Donegal’s finest just yet

Cathal Dervan, Editor

So what do Michael Carrick, Frank Lampard, Regis le Bris, Oliver Glasner, Alvaro Arbeola and Pierre Sage have in common? What’s the one thing that they should all do that has probably never even crossed their minds? Call Seamus Coleman, that’s what they should do.

Usually when an inspirational Ireland captain and a footballer of the pedigree of Seamus announces his retirement, the news is met with a fanfare.

Tabloid newspaper pullouts, front page photographs, adoring columns from the journalists who watched him play 81 times for his country, 374 times for Everton, 56 times for Sligo Rovers and nine times for Blackpool.

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27 October 2026; Kerry FC goalkeeper Matt Connor makes a save during the SSE Airtricity Men’s First Division play-off semi-final 2nd leg match between Bray Wanderers and Kerry at the Carlisle Grounds in Bray, Wicklow. Photo by Tyler Miller/Sportsfile

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