Damien Delaney says contract extension won't lift pressure on Stephen Kenny

The Ireland boss has been handed a deal to take him to Euro 2024

17 December 2021; Republic of Ireland manager Stephen Kenny stands for a portrait before a UEFA Nations League draw media briefing at FAI Headquarters in Abbotstown, Dublin. Photo by Seb Daly/Sportsfile

Former Ireland international Damien Delaney insists that Stephen Kenny remains under pressure despite the FAI granting their manager a contract extension of at least 16 months.

Jonathan Hill, the association’s chief executive, admitted that negotiations of renewing the deal past this July’s expiration were “extensive”.