Brady reveals top three for Ireland job if Trap mission fails

Chris Hughton, Mick McCarthy and Owen Coyle — these are Liam Brady’s preferred candidates for the job of succeeding Giovanni Trapattoni as Ireland manager.

Ruling himself out of the running, Brady believes that only qualification for World Cup 2014 would leave the road open for Marco Tardelli to take over from Trapattoni. But, if things go badly on the road to Brazil, Brady doesn’t believe the veteran will make it easy for the FAI by walking away.

Irish football legend Brady, previously a member of Trapattoni’s management team, is still hopeful Ireland will qualify for the World Cup finals, but he accepts this month’s qualifiers against Sweden and Austria will be make or break for the Italian’s chances of retaining his position.