‘If my remit beforehand was “John, you are the full-time new manager” it might be a different situation’
Without any clear information on the starting line-up and no injuries to report, it became the only topic for the media to pursue.The FAI were unable to entice Lee Carsley from the English FA, where he coaches the England under-21s, so the person to replace Stephen Kenny, four months since the former Dundalk manager was cut loose by the association, remains a mystery.
“My remit was to focus on these two games,” O’Shea explained. “If my remit beforehand was ‘John, you are the full-time new manager’ it might be a different situation. But the focus for me was these two games: ‘John, look after these games and see what happens then.’” That could leave the door open for O’Shea to be appointed on a four year contract up until Euro 2028, or at the very least it led to more questions in the search for some clarity.
Question: “Canham recently stated that you are the interim boss, with someone else being appointed in April, has anything changed?”In football terms? “In football, ha, let’s wait and see. Hopefully there will be a few things happening but hopefully I will be going back for Easter holidays with my kids, so we’ll do something with them, and then get back into the swing of things by hopefully going to watch games and have a few conversations here and there.
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