Grealish won’t rush Ireland call as club future first for now

Martin O’Neill can expect to wait until next summer at the earliest for Jack Grealish to commit his international future to Ireland or England.

The Birmingham-born winger has been capped by Ireland at underage level but, amid renewed interest from the Three Lions in the Aston Villa starlet, O’Neill met with Grealish and his father Kevin in Birmingham, on August 20.

Grealish’s explanation for declaring himself out of contention for the opening Euro 2016 qualifier against Georgia last Sunday was accepted by O’Neill.