O'Neill accepts transfers may mean he releases players from Ireland duty

“I said to the players beforehand that I will be prepared if somebody has to go at the last minute, either on loan somewhere, that’s fine, or if it’s a proper transfer.

Republic of Ireland boss Martin O’Neill will not stand in the way of any of his players tying up a move to a new club over the next 24 hours or so.

O’Neill got to work with his 28-man squad at the Football Association of Ireland’s new national training centre in Abbotstown for the first time on Monday as he began preparations for the must-win Euro 2016 Group D qualifiers against Gibraltar and Georgia.