BRIGHTON STRIKER AARON Connolly has been withdrawn from Ireland’s squad for meetings with New Zealand and Denmark in the coming week.
The Galway man underwent a scan on his groin earlier today and the medical teams agreed to avoid further risk to the issue by playing in either Thursday’s friendly against New Zealand or Monday’s Euro 2020 qualifier at home to Denmark.
“Our team doctor Alan Byrne has spoken to the Brighton medical team and had a look at the scans,” Mick McCarthy said.
“The scans have confirmed the groin injury and Aaron won’t be ready in time for New Zealand and Denmark.”
McCarthy will not call up a replacement for the 19-year-old, who made his international debut against Georgia last month.
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For all the doom and gloom talked about Tottenham this season (no signings, stadium delays, Poch to United, out of both domestic cups), they continue to jog just behind the top 2, while keeping the top 4 dogfight just out of sight in the rearview mirror. One loss and they’ll be branded bottle jobs again, but with Wembley form picking up, and a tasty tie against Dortmund coming up, I can’t help but be happy.
Hanging on in there. Not at their best but picking up another win. COYS
Spurs are the type of football club that would give ya the horn.
@limofax: just like your ma, good stuff.
COYS
I can’t suffer Michael Oliver either.
He was the last one picked in school who:
1) you stuck in nets cos he’s brutal at football
2) you then told him to keep time cos he was crap in goal
3) eventually made him referee cos he was brutal at everything else, then became a brutal ref
Leicester should have been out of sight but Spurs more clinical with the chances they had