Stephen Kenny predicts a good future for Andrew Moran with the Republic of Ireland
Stephen Kenny: 'Andy Moran will definitely have a good career for Ireland, he will definitely be a senior international player. He is something different, a dribbler from midfield who opens up the game.' Photograph: Ryan Byrne/Inpho
Curiously, McClean and Moran have been left out of the 24-man squad to play European Championship qualifiers, against Greece next Friday in Dublin and Gibraltar the following Monday at Estadio Algarve in Portugal.On Thursday morning, McClean announced his intention to retire from international football at the end of 2023. Three hours later he was cut from the Ireland squad despite starting the last game, a 2-1 loss to the Netherlands in September.
And yet, the Wrexham winger and Blackburn Rovers midfielder are deemed surplus to requirements ahead of Gus Poyet’s Greek side coming to Dublin next week, where they hope to repeat the 2-1 defeat in Athens on June 16th that dented Irish hopes of qualifying for Germany 2024. “The player that has caught my attention the most has been Andy Moran. He has been absolutely terrific in both Blackburn’s games last week. He was very close to being called up. Physically, when you step up to international football, as we found with some of the young players, it is a big jump.
“He started off by coming on for Brighton, but his performances last week, when he got his two goals, I was at that game and it was an absolutely fantastic performance. I know Cardiff made 10 changes, but that was a real standout performance and I think he is going to be an excellent player for Ireland.”
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