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- Updated: May 25, 2016
Martin O’Neill has admitted telling some of his Republic of Ireland players they aren’t selected for Euro 2016 will be one of the hardest parts of his job to date.
The 64-year-old will spend the next few days agonising over how to reduce the 35-man party named initially down to the 23 he will take to France with only a handful of training sessions and warm-up games against Holland and Belarus to base his decisions on.
O’Neill knows the task will be significantly more difficult than during his days as a club manager and is acutely aware there will be heartbreak for some.
He said: “At club level, it’s a pretty frequent event. On a Friday, you’re telling a group of players, ‘You’re not going to be involved, but there’s a possibility of being involved the next week’.
“Because you are dealing with players, if you have on a Friday left them at the train station because they are not heading down to the game, you will see them again on a Monday regardless of the mood.
“But these players here at international level give up their time and energy, want to be involved and have been …
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