Campbell calls for external appointment as women’s manager

Senior international Megan Campbell has strongly urged the FAI to make an external appointment to succeed Colin Bell as manager of the Irish team and warned that anything else would be a “cop-out” and signal a regression for the women’s game here.

“We need to have the best of the best in charge of us,” said the Manchester City defender, adding that the wrong move now would leave a lot of “unhappy people in camp” and potentially “tough decisions” to make.