McKenna’s Bombers future in doubt, Daniher setback – The Age

He did not however address the taunt from North Melbournes Luke McDonald, who has since apologised to McKenna for covering his mouth, mocking McKennas recent diagnosis. The AFL has cleared McDonald after looking into the incident.
McKenna, 24, is contracted for the 2021 season but says that he remains a year-to-year proposition. He has made no secret of his long-term plans to return to Gaelic football and last November played a relegation playoff match for Irish team Eglish without the Bombers knowledge.
He confirmed he was no certainty to be at Essendon in 2021.
Essendon’s Conor McKenna.Credit:Getty Images
At the end of every season I make the decision about whether to go back or not, if its worth my while, McKenna told the Teamtalkmag Tyrone Facebook page in a video interview from the Bombers’ Queensland hub.
Ill do the same thing at the end of this season. Take my time, make the decision come Christmas if I want to go back.
McKenna was full of praise for the way the Bombers had treated him, detailing how the Dons had allowed him to miss one training session a week to instead train with a local Gaelic football team alongside his brother Ryan.
The clubs been really good. Theyre very supportive.
He said that things came to a head in February when he was overcome by emotion while training at the Bombers. That in turn led to him returning to Ireland for a couple of weeks.
One day I started to break down a bit at training and it just became too much, he said.
McKenna said he remained in the dark about just how he came to test positive for the virus, querying whether he had picked up the disease while back in Ireland during the AFLs hiatus earlier in the year.
I still really dont know what happened to be honest. Apparently it was a false positive, whatever that means, he said.
I got

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