Kerry defender Gavin White seems unlikely to play in the All-Ireland football final as he awaits the results of a scan on his knee.
White hobbled out of last Sunday’s semi-final win over Dublin and, with just over a week to the decider against Galway, his chances of regaining full fitness in time seem unlikely going by the comments of Kerry boss Jack O’Connor at their pre-final press event.
“We’re just waiting for a report on it,” said O’Connor. “He had a scan done so we have to wait.
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“He’s doubtful at the minute, which is disappointing for him. I don’t know what the nature of the injury is - it’s knee-related. Other than that now lads, I’d be telling you lies if I told you what it was.”
He added: “It was a twist or something. Something to do with the way he turned. He was trying to do a bit of a cut or a twist. Look, all I know is he wouldn’t come off the field in a game like that if he wasn’t injured. He certainly wasn’t faking it.”
O’Connor said that bar a few knocks and bruises from the Dublin game there are no other injury worries to report, though there is the ongoing concern of Covid-19 infiltrating the camp.
“I suppose there was three or four didn’t train last night,” he explained. “Just hoping they’ll settle down.
“The elephant in the room then is Covid. You’re just hoping the way Covid is at the moment that it doesn’t spread into the camp because it’s something out of your control and that’s every manager’s nightmare.”
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