“My life goal is to manage Ireland,” says the Premier League manager persuaded to play for England
“I never played for Ireland, which I should have done. Don Howe suggested I play for England under-17s. I wasn’t English, though I was born in Slough; I was Irish,” explains McDermott in Living on the Volcano, The Secrets of Surviving as a Football Manager, Michael Calvin’s book which was released this week.
McDermott’s father hails from Sligo and his mother from Clare, but he admits he wasn’t a strong enough character to pledge his allegiance to Ireland.
