Eileen Gleeson's silent on alleged unorthodox fallback deal

Qualified candidates were reportedly put off applying due to the potentially restrictive nature, with one apparently unwilling to just ‘keep the seat warm for Eileen’.

POSSIBLE FALLBACK DEAL: Eileen Gleeson has refused to deny she holds a fallback arrangement of returning to her previous FAI job when she completes her stint as Ireland women’s team boss. Pic:Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

Eileen Gleeson has refused to deny she holds a fallback arrangement of returning to her previous FAI job when she completes her stint as Ireland women’s team boss.

Despite what the association trumpeted as a global search for Vera Pauw’s successor, all they did was upgrade Gleeson’s status from the caretaker she assumed in late August to permanent in December.