FAI deny Poyet's backroom staff request was vetoed

Greece's outgoing head coach Gus Poyet. Pic: Tamuna Kulumbegashvili, AP

FAI sources have denied that they vetoed Gus Poyet’s candidature for the Ireland job over backroom staff.

Negotiations between the association and the Uruguayan ramped up after his Greece side lost their Euro playoff final on Tuesday night to Georgia, managed by another name linked with the job.