Mick Wallace pleads for Fifa assistance to protect Irish football

Wallace is concerned about “external influence” at the FAI

The founder of League of Ireland club Wexford Youths, now an MEP, fears the FAI “are going from one disaster into another that can be potentially far worse for the sport”. Photo: Mary Browne

Mick Wallace has pleaded with Fifa president Gianni Infantino to protect Irish football from what he has referred to as “external influence”.

The founder of League of Ireland club Wexford Youths, now an MEP, fears the FAI “are going from one disaster into another that can be potentially far worse for the sport”.