Seamus Coleman weighs retirement after Everton exit — SkimNews
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- Seamus Coleman told the Overlap fan debate with Jamie Carragher on Tuesday that he is contemplating retiring from football but is not ready to "completely draw a line in the sand" on his career.
- Everton — Coleman left at the end of last season after 17 years on Merseyside with a club-record 374 Premier League appearances, and turned down the club's offer of a coaching contract to keep pursuing a playing career.
- Sheffield United — Coleman was linked to the club in the summer and has been training individually, but he has not played since the Republic of Ireland's friendly in Canada in June.
- Heimir Hallgrimsson said that after leaving Coleman out of the Republic of Ireland squad for the recent Nations League quadruple-header, the head coach understood the defender intended to continue playing and hoped to include him in future camps.
- Republic of Ireland — Coleman initially hoped to add to his 81 international caps and keep playing until Euro 2028, when Ireland is one of the host nations.
- Killybegs — Back in his native Donegal, Coleman has been training with the local Gaelic football team and was linked with lining up for them in the Donegal Senior Football Championship.
- Donegal — Coleman said the longer he has been off the game and the more time he has spent with his family at home, the more content he is, describing training without a club as hard "mentally, physically".
Why it matters: Coleman and Hallgrimsson are publicly out of step: the Ireland coach said his 81-cap defender intended to keep playing and hoped to include him in future camps, while Coleman says he is "edging towards" retirement and calls his next step "an open book". His absence from the Nations League quadruple-header is already the concrete cost.
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