An audacious bid by Laois to lure Kerry legend Darragh O Se to the midlands has failed.

The Irish Examiner reports that O'Moore County officials had approached O Se about becoming their new football manager and had mapped out their plans to the six-time All-Ireland winning midfielder at a meeting in Limerick's Castletroy Park Hotel on Thursday night.

But O Se reportedly told Laois that he has no plans to get involved in management so soon after his retirement from inter-county football. The Gaeltacht stalwart only retired in the wake of last September's All-Ireland final win over Cork.

Meanwhile, any prospect of Mick O'Dwyer returning to the Laois hotseat also appears to be off the agenda with one source insisting that the appointment "is not happening".

The outgoing Wicklow boss was nominated for the Laois vacancy last week by former county chairman Dick Miller, who was supported by ex-football board chairman Joe O'Dwyer. But it appears their calls for a "second coming" of the Waterville maestro are not shared by the current executive.

Laois' management committee have called a special meeting for Monday night which will deal with the vacant senior football and hurling management positions in the county. With O'Dwyer and O Se seemingly out of the reckoning, former county star Pat Roe is the frontrunner to succeed Sean Dempsey. Roe has managed Carlow, Wexford and Offaly in the past and was in charge of the Laois under 21s this year.

It is believed that the committee charged with finding the new man - chairman Brian Allen, vice-chairman Gerry Kavanagh, secretary Niall Handy, treasurer Martin Byrne and football board chairman Andrew Broderick - are hoping to speak with Roe in the coming days.

Another name mentioned is outgoing Carlow boss Luke Dempsey, who has family connections with the O'Moore County. Tweet

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