Clement’s journey from Irish starlets to Real’s galacticos

In June 2007, then Ireland U21 manager Don Givens hired a little known 35-year-old coach, whose previous experience was in the youth academies at Chelsea and Fulham.

Londoner Paul Clement helped Givens train the team for three seasons — overseeing the progression of now senior stars Seamus Coleman, James McCarthy and David Meyler.

In 2010, he returned to Chelsea full-time and worked under managers Guus Hiddink and Carlo Ancelotti, who was impressed enough to bring him to Paris Saint Germain in 2011.