Dunne ruled out of Ireland’s next two qualifiers

Richard Dunne has been ruled out of the Republic of Ireland’s World Cup qualifiers against Germany and the Faroe Islands next month.

Giovanni Trapattoni accepted it would be a miracle if Dunne was fit when he put him on stand-by for the games. However, yesterday, Aston Villa manager Paul Lambert was taken aback that Trapattoni even put him on stand-by.

“It is strange him being included in the Ireland squad as he is not playing here at the moment. It is up their manager but I do not know why they have done it.”