Dessie Farrell insisted Stephen Cluxton needed no persuading to return to the Dublin fold ahead of this year's championship.
Cluxton, who will celebrate his 42nd birthday in September, returned to the county panel only very recently, according to Blues boss Farrell, and because of the injury profile of the squad's goalkeepers, with Evan Comerford ruled out of action for at least part of the championship and young netminder Hugh O'Sullivan also absent.
The legendary Dubs goalkeeper last played at inter-county level when he led Dublin to the All-Ireland championship in 2020 - thus completing the historic six in a row. He won his eighth Celtic Cross medal in the process, and now he's back.
