Luca Connell relishing 'surreal' Irish call-up

“It’s crazy, it’s surreal to be honest. Especially meeting Seamus Coleman, you know. Being from Liverpool but supporting Everton and supporting him through everything, it’s brilliant for me.”

Luca Connell has described his surprise Ireland call-up as “an honour” and his introduction to the senior set-up as “crazy” and “surreal”.

Speaking at the squad’s training camp on the Algarve this morning, the 18-year-old said: “It’s an honour to get the call-up, I can’t wait to get started and hopefully get the training camp through and then see what happens from there.”