Mark McHugh says Donegal's veteran campaigners won't rush into any retirement decisions.

Stalwarts like Colm McFadden and Christy Toye, who have both been on the senior intercounty squad for 13 years, are amongst half a dozen Tir Chonail men being touted for possible retirement before the start of the new season. But McHugh says nobody will be rushing into anything:

"It's a tricky one, we chatted about it after the Mayo game in the dressing room," the Kilcar clubman told The Irish Examiner. "We pretty much said that decisions won't be made today or tomorrow.

"Everybody is going to play their club championship and we'll sit down as a team and a panel and a group after that, put everything on the table that needs to be said, see who is thinking what and who wants to do this or whatever and re-evaluate it then. We can't say anything now because we don't know anything.

"I know journalists love asking managers after losing games if they'll be back next year. But that's not really the way for players, that you make snap decisions like that. Lads will go and play the club championship and see how things are sitting for them in a few months' time."

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