Eileen Gleeson refuses to deny fallback arrangement

“I am just not going into it,” Gleeson retorted when asked about her parachute into what she last year labelled her dream job overseeing the development of the female game across the game.

NO DENIAL: Ireland Head Coach Eileen Gleeson. Pic Credit: Ryan Byrne, Inpho.

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.