Make or break for Gillespie, says Sanchez

KEITH GILLESPIE is facing a critical phase in his career, according to Northern Ireland manager Lawrie Sanchez.

The 29-year-old winger has struggled to recapture the form that made him such an exciting prospect at Manchester United in the mid-1990s and is on the fringe at Leicester after spells at Blackburn and Newcastle.

Gillespie was originally omitted from the Northern Ireland squad to face Azerbaijan on Saturday.