The League of Ireland Premier Division champions head to Iceland to face Vikingur Reykjavik in first qualifying round.
SHAMROCK ROVERS TAKE on Vikingur Reykjavik in the first qualifying round of the Champions League this evening but it will be details of the prize money for reaching the group stages of the Europa Conference League that will be of most interest.
“Do I understand the finances? Everyone in Irish football does, every smaller nation in Europe would look to Europe as a an area when you can earn really good money for the club, we know it’s important, there’s no getting away from that but as the manager, as a team, that’s not your focus or your thought process,” Bradley said.
Advertisement “It’s about the opposition, what we are facing, how we are going to stop them and hurt them, that’s as simple as it is,” Bradley said. “If you start thinking of everything outside, you will lose focus on what’s important.” “We have been to Iceland a number of times now down the years so you get to build up contacts with other managers, other clubs, scouts and when you are drawn in Iceland you pull on those contacts and get as much information as you can,” Bradley said.
Rovers are once again missing some key ones of their own. Forwards Graham Burke and Rory Gaffney are absent through injury, so too midfielder Aaron McEneff and centre back Lee Grace. “When you’re younger you think they’re always going to come but the older you get you think they might not. I love the trips away, I love being around the lads all the time. It’s good bonding for the team and I think I’d speak for a lot of the lads as well.”
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