McCarthy in Euro plea to Trapattoni

WIGAN midfielder James McCarthy says he will be fulfilling a boyhood dream if he gets a place in the Ireland’s Euro 2012 squad.

“Hopefully I am on that plane but I just need to keep working hard at my club and if I get in the Euro 2012 squad then all be it I will be absolutely over the moon,” said the 21-year-old Wigan midfielder.

“As a boy you dream of going to places and playing in big European Championships but at the moment I just want to keep playing week in and week out for my club.”