Jason Sherlock: Management not sole ambition

Former Dublin star Jason Sherlock has said that it's no guarantee that he will eventually step into inter-county management having come close to taking over at Monaghan.

It is understood that the 1995 All-Ireland winner was interviewed for the role with the Ulster side but subsequently withdrew his name for consideration.

With a host of jobs still left to be filled around the country, Sherlock said that his own position would be that he would analyse any opportunity that presented itself in any role rather than being focused on solely wanting to manage.

"It’s definitely not an ambition," he said of becoming an inter-county boss.

"Like everyone, we’re all sports people, we’re all interested in various sports and I'm no different in that sense.

"When anyone reaches out to you in capacities, you’d give it due consideration, no different with my case when Jim Gavin reached out to me at the end of the 2014.

"From my perspective, the GAA has been very good to me. I’ve really enjoyed it; I appreciate the value that I have with the GAA.

"I'll always be kind of curious. If I can add value somewhere else I’d certainly consider those things."

Sherlock was on Gavin’s coaching staff as Dublin became the first-ever team to win Sam Maguire five times in-a-row, and that clearly impressed officials in Monaghan.

Sherlock opted against going into too much detail on why he didn’t end up replacing Séamus McEnaney in order to respect the management search that is currently continuing, but he did admit that it was a position that really tempted him.

"I appreciate there is a process going on so I don’t want to talk too much.

"I did connect with Monaghan and had a think about things. Certainly thought about things seriously.

"From the dealings I had with