Kerry captain Kieran O'Leary says that while star forward Colm Cooper will be a loss for Kerry in 2014, he's hopeful he will make a full recovery.
The Dr Crokes man has been out of action since sustaining a cruciate knee injury in their All Ireland Club semi final defeat to Castlebar Mitchells in February.
The Kingdom come to Cusack Park this Sunday for the Munster football semi final, and O'Leary says that Coopers influence will be missed.
The curtain raiser on Sunday will be the Munster Junior Semi Final meeting of Clare and Kerry, and the Kingdom boss has praised his opposite number ahead of the clash.
The Clare manager is Cooraclare's Joe Garry, who guided his side to one point win over Waterford in the semi final.
Ahead of the game, Kerry boss Stephen Wallace says that he knows the Banner outfit will be well prepared for the clash
