Gary Breen: Brace for Premier League pace, John

On top of the fellow feeling you would naturally expect him to have for fellow boys in green, Gary Breen, proud son of a Kerryman, has an additional reason for hoping John Egan and the rest of the Irish contingent at Sheffield United do well in the Premier League.

Gary Breen at the launch of Premier Sports' Premier League coverage for the 2019/20 season

Another famous Irish centre-half, Richard Dunne, is well aware of the pitfalls facing a promoted side. “When we came up with QPR, we had a lot of Premier League players and experienced players but we got off to a bad start and it killed us,” he says.