Republic of Ireland manager keen to smooth relations between LOI and FAI as national squad face relegation playoff with Bulgaria
Republic of Ireland manager keen to smooth relations between league and FAI as national squad face relegation playoff with Bulgaria
“But if I said it in a way that players need to leave to get into the national team, it was absolutely not meaning. My English is not perfect but if I said it in a wrong way, I apologise for that.“That’s absolutely not my feeling and if you look at my past as a national team coach, I have regularly taken domestic players into the national team, whether it was the Icelandic league or the Jamaican league, just to shake the boat a little bit and show respect to the leagues.
“It certainly feels that way, for me,” he said at the squad announcement in advance of facing Bulgaria in the Nations League relegation playoff next Thursday in Plovdiv.“I really don’t understand it because if the national team does well it will benefit the League of Ireland, and if the League of Ireland does well I think it benefits the national team. We are all in the same boat.”
“For example, this week I stayed in the northwest, two days in Sligo and two in Donegal talking to the clubs’ players and coaches to get to know more about the league. I need to do that because I don’t have the knowledge you have on the League of Ireland, so I need to catch up.” “I will not fix what is wrong with Irish football but I will definitely try. I will do the hardest work.
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