Cyrus Christie has been called up to the Ireland squad for the international triple header which begins with Thursday's Euro 2020 playoff in Slovakia. Two defenders from the original squad named by Stephen Kenny, Seamus Coleman and Darragh Lenihan, have been forced to withdraw due to injury and there's also a concern over midfielder Harry Arter. Christie was a regular under Martin O'Neill but played just once under Mick McCarthy and did not feature in the initial squads named by Kenny for the September internationals or the current panel. Earlier, Kenny had revealed that Coleman was likely to miss out, saying, "It's obviously not great news in relation to Seamus. He loves his country, he loves playing for his country, he's a very passionate Irishman and he knows it's an important game, it's one he doesn't want to miss out on."

Source: Irish Independent October 04, 2020 19:18 UTC