Irish captain Seámus Coleman recovering from knee surgery while injury doubts persist about Chiedozie Ogbene and Alan Browne
Doherty is set to switch from the left flank, where he started the 1-0 defeat to France in March, when Ireland arrives in Greece despite the 31-year-old featuring only twice off the bench since signing for Atlético Madrid last January.
Ryan Manning deserves a recall to the senior squad, based on an outstanding campaign for Swansea City that yielded five goals and 10 assists coming off the left, but O’Dowda remains Kenny’s first choice ahead of McClean, who featured in all 46 league games for Wigan Athletic. Midfield is less problematic. Kenny name-checked Jack Taylor recently, mainly because the 24 -year-old arrived into the Bristol camp four days after Peterborough United failed to gain promotion from League One. But Cullen, Jayson Molumby, Will Smallbone and Jason Knight are reliable options in a 3-5-2 system or the 5-4-1 employed against France when Ogbene proved so effective.
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