Westmeath football chairman Des Maguire has said he is hopeful of being able to persuade star forward Denis Glennon back onto the football panel ahead of the Leinster Championship.
News that the county's star attacker had opted off the county panel emerged yesterday as it was confirmed he has not returned to training since the end of the county's disappointing National League campaign, which saw the Lakesiders relegated from Division One after seven straight defeats.
Glennon has had a break from inter-county football before, but his continued absence is a worry for the Midlanders so close to their Championship debut on 14 June against either Longford or Wicklow.
It is believed his reasons for not returning to the panel are not team or management related.
