Aidomo Emakhu: 'That’s what the best players in the world do and the level I’ve set for myself'

CHASING PERFECTION: Aidomo Emakhu poses for a portrait during a Republic of Ireland U21's media day at the Carlton Hotel Blanchardstown in Dublin. Photo by Sam Barnes/Sportsfile

In the pursuit of the perfection Aidomo Emakhu craves, another goalscoring display for Ireland’s U21s against Latvia tomorrow would hasten the journey.

The Millwall striker, by being a former Shamrock Rovers teammate and neighbour of Sinclair Armstrong, has long been compared with Ireland’s newest senior international but the pair of teens can take slightly different routes to eventually forming Ireland’s strike partnership.