Eugene Branagan says he has “absolutely no ambition to play for Down.”
The Kilcoo All-Ireland winner, named AIB Club Footballer of the Year on Tuesday, pulled no punches when laying bare his view on the Down scene, claiming manager James McCartan was thrown under a bus in the lead up to last weekend’s Ulster quarter-final defeat by Monaghan.
The 25-year-old wing back was asked into the Down squad back in February, but after taking five weeks off work during the All-Ireland series and in the middle of lambing season, he declined the invitation.
