In-form Sean Maguire predicts best is yet to come

That just last Sunday saw him crowned the League of Ireland Player of the Year for his pivotal contribution to Cork City’s 2017 title triumph is a timely reminder of how fast and how far Sean Maguire has come over the past 12 months, with not even the intervention of serious hamstring injury putting anything like a full stop to his gallop in the Championship with Preston.

“I couldn’t have imagined the start I’ve had since coming back from injury, scoring five goals in four games,” he says, after completing his second training session of the week with the Irish squad in Turkey.

“Five months ago I got that injury and people probably felt that my confidence was going to wear off but I knew I was going to come back stronger which I did. It’s not being arrogant or anything like that, it’s just having self-belief.