The Irish Independent is this morning reporting that Stephen Rochford is likely to be confirmed as Mayo manager in 2018 at a county board meeting expected to take place tomorrow.

Rochford said in the aftermath of last month's All-Ireland final defeat to Dublin that he would take the month of October to consider his future.

However, that decision appears to have been taken with Rochford on the cusp of agreeing to fulfil the final year of his initial three-year agreement.

There is no firm indication yet that Donie Buckley and Tony McEntee will be part of the backroom team but the expectation is that, despite the extensive travel involved for them, they will rejoin Rochford in seeing out the term.