Marcel Desailly: Ireland can get past the first round

With Martin O’Neill and Roy Keane at the helm, French legend Marcel Desailly reckons Ireland can make an impact on Euro 2016.

Desailly, a World Cup and Euro winner for France, was impressed with O’Neill when sharing punditry duties at BBC. O’Neill had launched an unsuccessful bid to recruit the defender during his spell as Celtic boss.

Keane is also familiar to the 47-year-old from his Premier League days at Chelsea, a time when Roman Abramovich’s millions were beginning to sow the seeds of their title-winning seasons which followed soon after Desailly departed in 2004.