Next few months will be crucial for the highly-rated teenager as English clubs look on.
THERE IS UNLIKELY to be a player in the League of Ireland who will be tracked by recruitment teams more than Cathal O’Sullivan over the next 10 weeks.
A knee injury picked up on the opening day of the Premier Division season meant the gifted playmaker, who can operate centrally or on either flank, has not featured since that 2-2 draw with Galway United. Last season’s First Division player of the year – as voted for by his peers in the Professional Footballers’ Association – is rated so highly by senior figures at Cork that he is viewed as their most talented and important player.Some will tell you they have not seen a more gifted natural footballer up close.
He will likely be the next young star to make a high profile move to Britain – following on from Mason Melia’s record-breaking €2 million transfer to Tottenham Hotspur that was confirmed ahead of this season. Clancy made him a fixture of his promotion-winning side because he was too good to ignore, a level of ability that some believe could make him one of the League of Ireland’s greatest exports.
International add-ons and the potential for future success in his career make it a deal that could eventually become worth seven figures to Cork.
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