The teenager will make his full senior debut at the Aviva Stadium tomorrow night.
Gavin Cooney reports from FAI HQ, Abbottstown EVAN FERGUSON WILL earn his first start as a senior Irish international in tomorrow night’s friendly game with Latvia at the Aviva Stadium.
While Ferguson is likely to retain his place for the Euro 2024 qualifier against France on Monday, Kenny won’t pick a full-strength team tomorrow night with some regulars such as John Egan and Josh Cullen likely to be rested given their onerous recent club commitments in the Championship and FA Cup. “From our point of view, we’ve had to manage some players’ loads so they can maximise performance against France. Some of the players have been in the top end of the Championship and the FA Cup would have had three games a week for four or five weeks. Going again next Monday, probably not the best way of optimising performance so we have to strategically think about that and give other players an opportunity as well to make sure that squad wise we are happy where we want to be on Monday.
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