Alan Browne: ‘We can beat any team on our day’
Although the 21-year-old started two of the team’s three Championship games over the seven-day festive period, he’s eager to test himself against the likes of Aaron Ramsey and Granit Xhaka as the Championship outfit set about the task of engineering a shock in today’s late kick-off.
Like fellow Leesider Conor Hourihane, Browne has established himself as a Championship regular, hitting the century of appearances in Monday’s win over Burton Albion. Reaching such a milestone so quick didn’t seem attainable when he joined the club this week three years ago as a fresh-faced teen from Cork City. But progress has been steady and has not come without notice. Two improved contracts have since been granted by boss Simon Grayson while Martin O’Neill was sufficiently impressed with the Ireland U21 playmaker to table an invite to train with the senior squad last March.
