Mick McCarthy on the Ireland job: ‘Of course I’d do it’

Mick McCarthy insists the unresolved issue of Martin O’Neill’s contract will have no impact whatsoever on either the manager’s or the players’ performances at the Euros.

And while he says he’d like to think success in France will ensure O’Neill remains in charge for the long-term, he has reiterated his own desire to have another crack at managing Ireland should the opportunity arise again.

On the much-discussed subject of O’Neill still not having agreed a new deal with the Euros just a few weeks away, McCarthy points out he went into the 2002 World Cup finals as manager of Ireland having agreed but yet to finalise a contract extension with the FAI.