Republic of Ireland football

O'Neill is currently on loan at Derry City from Premier League side Fulham and he believes more footballers are likely to make a similar switch in future.

“We are probably at a stage where we are not that satisfied with it (Derry’s start). We can kick on after this.” This being the international break which sees the Ireland U21s take on Iceland in a friendly at Turner’s Cross on Sunday. If we could get over that line of qualifying, it would be great.” “But if you look at the league, there are players in there with real quality, especially in the top tier. But you are probably seeing more academy boys who don’t have links to Ireland coming over in the next few years.” Had it not been for issues with his ankle, O’Neill may well have continued to ply his trade cross-channel. “I was having this conversation a couple of days ago among the boys.