Great news for Crossmaglen and Armagh - Jamie Clarke isn't moving to Spain after all.

The much-travelled Armagh captain had intended to spend the next nine months in Madrid, but has now decided not to and will be available for Crossmaglen's Armagh SFC second round clash with Carrickcruppen on Sunday.

Oisin McConville, who co-manages Cross' with John McEntee, has welcomed the forward's decision not to travel.

"Jamie has decided not to travel and he has committed to us for the rest of the season, which is brilliant news on so many fronts," McConville wrote in his Newry Democrat column.

"It is magnificent to have Jamie playing for Crossmaglen Rangers and obviously Armagh will benefit from having Jamie with a club championship campaign behind him. The more football Jamie plays the better he will be and we are delighted to have him back.

"So it is business as usual now, we were going to plan the season without him and it is fantastic that since he came to training on Sunday we are planning the season with him.

"It is such a positive as far as we are concerned and hopefully with Jamie on board we will get the job done against Carrickcruppen at the weekend."

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