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8th March 2018
08:48pm GMT

"The FAI only ever approach one type of player: Catholic.”He clarified that he had no problem with the likes of James McClean declaring for the Boys In Green. His issue was with what he perceived as players switching allegiances due to pressure from the association. https://twitter.com/SportsJOEdotie/status/971150302144581632
"To actually bring religion into it. I think that's something you will have to ask Michael about." "Yeah, very disappointed to hear that. I think the most important issue from this here is one - I've never chosen a player on anything other than merit and two, really, really important is it is down to the player. It is the player's choice for these issues."James McClean, Shane Duffy, Darron Gibson, Eunan O'Kane and Marc Wilson all played for Northern Ireland at youth level before opting to represent the Republic.
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