Stephen Kenny: I risked not getting senior job by overhauling U21s

Kenny said that the radical fast-tracking policy he implemented, which saw players picked who were five years out of their age group such as Gavin Bazunu and Troy Parrott, risked his assension to the senior job

CONCERNS: Republic of Ireland manager Stephen Kenny said his radical selection policy while Ireland U21 manager could have risked his rise to the senior job. Pic: Harry Murphy/Sportsfile

Stephen Kenny contends he risked losing his golden succession ticket by overhauling Ireland’s U21s.

The current senior boss was elevated in April 2020 as part of a deal he’d brokered with then FAI chief John Delaney in late 2018.