Watford’s James Abankwah and Rocco Vata and Jimmy Dunne of QPR are in line for debuts against Bulgaria
Jimmy Dunne from Queens Park Rangers and Watford duo James Abankwah and Rocco Vata are in line to make their debuts in the first-leg next Thursday in Plovdiv or at the Aviva Stadium on Sunday week.
Vata senior won 59 caps for Albania between 1990 and 2001 with his son qualifying for Ireland via his Howth-born grandmother. The teenager can also play for Scotland and Montenegro but he has played for Ireland through the age grades since under-15.Sinclair Armstrong is also included and in line to win his second cap after impressing Hallgrímsson at Bristol City this season.
Former Ireland captain Séamus Coleman is on stand by as Hallgrímsson rewarded the form of other right backs, Matt Doherty at Wolverhampton Wanderers and Jake O’Brien at Everton.
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