Doolin left ‘in the dark’ by non-contactable Brady

GIOVANNI TRAPATTONI isn’t the only manager of an Irish international team who has problems getting hold of his players.

U19 coach Paul Doolin, whose squad will leave shortly for the European Championship finals in Romania, has revealed that he has lost contact with the team’s former captain, the highly rated Manchester United winger Robbie Brady.

Brady played for the Irish team in the first phase of Euro qualifiers in Bulgaria back in October but, after the side had successfully negotiated its passage through those three games, Doolin was unable to make contact with the young Dubliner when he attempted to call him up for the elite qualifiers in Poland in May.