Colm Cooper faces a race against time to be fit for Kerry's All-Ireland quarter-final on the August bank holiday weekend - after damaging shoulder ligaments during last Sunday's Munster final.

The Kerry county board released a statement on Friday morning explaining that their eight-time All Star attacker has begun rehab after an MRI scan revealed the damage done to his shoulder.

Cooper lasted just 20 minutes of the weekend’s Munster final 3-17 to 2-10 win over Tipperary. Although after the game his manager Eamonn Fitzmaurice insisted that the injury wasn’t as bad as first feared.

“An MRI Scan has confirmed that Colm Cooper damaged shoulder ligaments during the Munster Football Final on Sunday last. His rehab work has started and he will resume playing in due course,” read the statement.

Kerry will play the round 4A qualifier winner in little over three weeks. It remains unclear whether the 33-year-old will be fit to try and guide his team into the last four.