Donegal selector Maxie Curran has indicated that goalkeeper Paul Durcan is unlikely to feature for them this season.

The two-time All Star winner moved to the Middle East with his wife last year and although he has returned home on several occasions, primarily to help Ballyboden St Enda's on route to their All-Ireland club SFC success, Curran doesn't feel that arrangement would work at inter-county level.

"There have been lots of stories flying around about Paul. There has been no hard or fast decision made on it. The situation has not changed," Curran told the Irish Examiner.

"When Paul went away first, we decided that we would work away without him. What he was able to do with Ballyboden would not really be able to work at inter-county level. It was a brilliant achievement, but it is just not workable at this level.

"Anything we got out of Paul we always said would be a bonus. Paul will be back, there is no doubt about that. It is a case of when, not if. It could be soon, it could be further down the line, we are just not sure. We are just planning without him at the minute."

He added: "Any player of Paul Durcan's class would be missed. There are very few better in the country. Stephen Cluxton, maybe, who is probably the best goalkeeper that has ever played the game. Paul is up there with him and has played a massive part in our success in the last couple of years. It is a challenge for us to overcome."

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