McClean believes the FAI's short-term thinking and neglect of the League of Ireland have led to the ultimate decline of the national team
James McClean has accused the FAI of making "a right b******s out of everything" in a scathing attack on the organisation.
The money ended up going to a group of women who made allegations of abuse in Irish football in the 1990s after a long delay in distributing the funds. “To have a successful League of Ireland, you have to put the work in to grow it. We’re at such a disadvantage. “My upbringing was street football. I did end up missing certain attributes in my own make-up as a player because of that.
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