Trai Hume to captain Northern Ireland in Nations League game against Luxembourg

Trai Hume will take the captain’s armband for Northern Ireland against Luxembourg (Andrew Milligan/PA)

Trai Hume will take the captain’s armband for Northern Ireland’s Nations League opener at home to Luxembourg on Thursday night as Michael O’Neill looks for a new generation of leaders to emerge.

O’Neill admitted there is no natural successor to Jonny Evans following his international retirement, and will name a skipper on a game-by-game basis throughout the Nations League campaign, holding off on appointing a permanent captain until the start of the World Cup qualifiers next year.