Wales assistant manager: Even Mourinho couldn’t succeed with current Irish panel

Wales assistant manager John Hartson didn’t pull any punches when discussing the Republic of Ireland squad his side will face in World Cup 2018 qualification.

“Ireland are — and I follow the Republic of Ireland, I’ve played with a lot of the guys and played under Martin for five years — I just think that they’re going through a difficult period,” Hartson told the Irish Examiner yesterday.