Ferguson, Collins, Bazunu and Ogbene out of the squad, but Parrott, Szmodics and Idah feature as firepower
Leicester City striker Tom Cannon has declared for the Republic of Ireland. The 21-year-old has been included in a 26-man squad selected by interim manager John O’Shea ahead of friendlies with Hungary on June 4th at the Aviva Stadium and away to Portugal on June 11th.
Cannon, who was born in England, previously pulled out of an Irish under-21 squad and senior training camp under Stephen Kenny following interest from the English FA. Evan Ferguson, John Egan, Nathan Collins and Gavin Bazunu have been ruled out of the June international window with injury while Chiedozie Ogbene is unavailable due to family reasons.
Troy Parrott is also named among five forwards, which includes inform Blackburn Rovers attacker Sammie Szmodics and Adam Idah, who scored the winner for Celtic against Rangers in last Saturday’s Scottish cup final.‘They have left him out to dry’ - Duff encourages O’Shea to turn down Ireland interim jobParrott, however, is not expected to be available for the Hungary game as his club Excelsior are in the Dutch relegation play offs.
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