FAI close in on new boss

The identity of the next Irish manager will move a big step closer to being decided this week when the three men heading the FAI’s search fly to England to interview some of the leading candidates.

Milo Corcoran, president of the Football Association of Ireland, along with treasurer John Delaney and Kevin Fahey, the acting general secretary and third man on the panel who will decide who succeeds Mick McCarthy, are due to conduct interviews with up to six contenders at a secret location, possibly in Manchester.