Kilkenny legend Aidan Fogarty does not see Henry Shefflin replacing Brian Cody as Cats boss after the legendary manager stepped down.
Fogarty, who is an eight-time All-Ireland winner himself, does not see Shefflin leaving Galway after just a year in charge.
Shefflin took over the role in a surprise appointment and guided the team to the Leinster final and All-Ireland semi-finals in his first year of charge.
But Fogarty does not see Shefflin leaving the Tribesmen after just one year.
Speaking to RTE, he said: "In terms of Henry Shefflin, I’d love to see him train Kilkenny. He’s only given one year in Galway, would he leave so soon?
"I suppose he saw [Liam] Cahill going to Tipperary with Colm Bonnar only getting a year. It totally depends.
"In my view I couldn't see Henry coming. I’m not counting him out, I’d love to see him come eventually. Henry’s name will be bandied around the place, personally I couldn’t see him going after one year with Galway."
And Fogarty does not believe the Kilkenny County Board will go outside the county.
"Kilkenny won't go outside the county. They’ll pick someone inside the county. There’s plenty of players that have won enough, that know enough about the hurling game to go in as manager.
You have other guys, you have Derek Lyng there my own club man. [He’s] after winning an All-Ireland with the under-20s and in my view he won it in the same fashion that Brian Cody would have won certain matches over the years.
"He got the best out of that group of players. They weren’t the most flamboyant players but grasped it and worked hard and he got them over the line.
"If you’re talking about front-runners, Derek Lyng is up there, Michael Fennelly with Offaly, Eddie Brennan obviously as well over the years with Laois."
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