Kevin Long: My job is to prove I’m the top man for the job

Kevin Long is the only Corkman in the Ireland squad to grace the Premier League this season, but his journey from the Connolly Road to Turner’s Cross, and further afield to Burnley’s Turf Moor, has taken in a multitude of highs and lows. 

Here, the centre-back talks to John Fallon about his career, from earning €100 per week at a Cork City incarnation nearing extinction to marking Romelu Lukaku in front of 75,000 fans at Old Trafford

Q: With Burnley out of the FA Cup, your manager, Sean Dyche, brought the squad away to Portugal last week. Was it the right time to break for a training camp?