Martin O’Neill’s future has been resolved with the 65 year-old set to stay in the Ireland job after having failed to agree terms with Stoke City to succeed Mark Hughes as the club’s manager. Rather more importantly, it will be hard to shake the notion that deep down, O’Neill still has one eye on the club situation in England. One former international, Richard Sadlier, suggested in this paper on Saturday, that the FAI should be looking for a new manager. It is possible that one of the terms offered to Quique Sanchez Flores late last week had ultimately proven unacceptable to O’Neill too. at the rate they are going Stoke might soon be trying to hire Hughes back.

Source: The Irish Times January 14, 2018 19:25 UTC