O'Shea in dark as FAI delay manager announcement once again

Gavin Cooney JOHN O’SHEA REMAINS in the dark around the Irish manager’s situation, with the FAI set to miss another deadline and fail to announce Stephen Kenny’s permanent successor this week.

His sit-down with journalists was dominated by the Irish manager situation, however, in what proved to be a mildly excruciating back-and-forth in which he appeared to know as little about the situation as the rest of us. O’Shea said he has not been told by the FAI that he won’t be the permanent manager, and he has been told that he would likely have a role going forward, potentially as an assistant if not as the main man.“Ah look, that’s the ideal scenario, that’s how I would feel”, said O’Shea, “but ultimately, Marc has been saying they’re looking for someone with experience in the role.

“Not everything in life can be straightforward and ideal, there is going to be twists and turns and this has proved to be the case.”“Everyone is trying to have an educated guess: put two and two together, managers qualifying, managers not qualifying, this manager is out of work. I can’t help you.” O’Shea said he has been attending games in England since the end of the most recent international window, but said he wasn’t doing so to scout players on behalf of the FAI.“Look, it’s a case of wait and see for myself at the minute”, he said. “I’m not turning down anything, I’m not in that final stages of anything with any club.”

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