Liam Lawrence: ‘If anyone can turn Declan Rice’s head, Mick McCarthy can’

It was seven years ago that Liam Lawrence expressed his reservations about players like Jermaine Pennant and Jamie O’Hara “juggling” between declaring for Ireland and England.

Lawrence was himself a dual eligibility player, hailing from Retford, near Nottingham but qualifying to play for Ireland through his Kerry-born grandfather.