Dublin Baresi bringing it home

ONLY 53 days to go in the transfer window (thanks for that, Sky). Will we ever be able to stand all the excitement?

John O’Shea’s departure from Manchester United to Sunderland has been the biggest Irish move to date, while we continue to await developments on the likes of his fellow internationals Robbie Keane, Kevin Doyle and Shane Long, amongst others.

Robbie, of course, is a saga unto himself when it comes to transfer moves but fans of the League of Ireland will be especially interested in what fate has in store for Doyle and Long, two players who left Cork City for a song (and a verse) and whose joint value is now rated in the multi-millions.