Keane lashes out at Ireland selection policy

ROY KEANE has hit out at the Republic of Ireland’s international selection policy, claiming that some players get picked regardless of whether they are involved with their clubs, while others – including some of his Ipswich squad – are always overlooked.

Keane, who has previously expressed his admiration for Ireland boss Giovanni Trapattoni, is surprised that his keeper Brian Murphy is amongst those to have been omitted from the party taking on Russia and Slovakia in Euro 2012 qualifiers.

“I can’t believe that Murph isn’t in the Irish squad,” he said. “But certain players seem to get picked all the time and others I’m left scratching my head about. People like David Norris, and Jon Walters last year, you don’t know what these boys have to do to get selected.”