O’Shea’s Hungary fitness deadline

There is mounting concern that if John O’Shea is not fit enough to play in next Monday’s friendly against Hungary in Budapest, the defender will miss Euro 2012.

That was the stark message from Giovanni Trapattoni yesterday as the Ireland squad left Dublin for their pre-tournament training camp at Montecatini in Tuscany.

The Sunderland defender is still nursing a stubborn ankle problem and, although he was in the party of 24 players which landed in Pisa yesterday, he remains an injury worry in the Ireland camp.