Wilson in the dark at Trap upset

MARC WILSON says he is baffled by Giovanni Trapattoni’s statement that the Stoke defender will have to offer an apology for an alleged breach of discipline before the manager would consider selecting him again for the Republic of Ireland.

“There is not a single incident I can think of that he can be thinking about,” said Wilson yesterday. “I’m in the dark about it. If I had done something wrong I’d have no problem with the manager saying that. I’d hold my hand up and apologise for what I’d done. I’d gladly do that.”

Trapattoni made his widely-reported comments when speaking to the media in Dublin last Friday, but Wilson insisted he is at a loss to understand what is at the root of the problem.