Davy Fitzgerald has accused some of his former Clare team-mates of betraying him during his stint as the Banner County's senior hurling manager.

Speaking to RTÉ Sport, the newly appointed Wexford manager also denied reports that player power forced him out of the job.

"The players are getting a lot of stick in Clare that they don't deserve. 95, to 96 or 97% of them players I would die for.

"Maybe one or two of them have lost their ways a small bit. Or maybe their dads have, but apart from that, them Clare players are great lads.

"They didn't organise anything against me. I more or less told them after the Galway game...like if you were in the dressing room you would know that I knew I nearly had enough.

"I asked them to see would they like a change of voice, that's exactly the words I put to in their mouths.

"I would have great time for them."

He continued: "I was more relieved to get out of Clare.

"I had fellas I played with cutting the back off me for three years. I haven't seen too many of them coaching anyone to win anything.

"There's no real logic behind any of it because they can't stand up and say they have done anything themselves.

"I remember going home [after leaving Clare] and saying, 'I don't have to listen to that anymore'.

"The way I felt treated, and probably betrayed by some of them, was unreal, but that's the way it is and it is over."

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