O'Neill: No contact for Ireland job

Former Sunderland and Aston Villa manager Martin O’Neill claims he has not been contacted over the vacant management role with the Republic of Ireland.

The 61-year-old Northern Irishman, who represented his country 64 times as a midfielder, has been out of work since leaving the Black Cats in March and became the overwhelming bookmakers’ favourite to replace Giovanni Trapattoni as Republic boss when the Italian was sacked on Wednesday.