Liam Scales is vying for a starting place this weekend – though is one of many players involved who was eligible to represent the opposition.
Gavin Cooney ON SATURDAY A former Irish international will coach England in an international game against Ireland. His squad features one England international who played at underage level for Ireland and another who played three times for Ireland at senior level before deciding he’d be better off with England .
Liam Scales of Celtic, meanwhile, opened his press conference this week by replying to a question as Gaeilge, but he too was technically eligible to play for England: his father is English. Advertisement “England is massive”, says Scales of Saturday’s fixture, “the first one I’ll have been involved in. It’s hugely important, the history and everything that comes with it, the atmosphere.
Celtic eased to a 3-0 win, an unimaginable prospect for Ireland against a side who have played in each of the previous two Euros finals. England are denuded by withdrawals – none of Bellingham, Phil Foden, Cole Palmer, or Ollie Watkins are available – and are in a new era under Carsley’s interim charge. But Ireland are at the start of their own process, this being Heimir Hallgrimsson’s first game in charge following the FAI’s protracted managerial search.
Having been on the brink of an exit from Celtic a year ago, Scales has made stunning use of a slight opportunity afforded by a defensive selection crisis for Brendan Rodgers in the third game of last season. Scales started against St Johnstone, kept his game for the next league game against Rangers, in which he won man of the match. He has started all but two of Celtic’s games since, a run which includes all six of their Champions League group stages last year.
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