After debut v PSG, could John Patrick be answer in Ireland's midfield?

Corkman Jake O’Brien last season become the successor to Nancy’s Tony Cascarino by breaking into the Lyon team. Now John Patrick Finn, Ike Orazi and Andrew Omobamidele are in Ligue 1.

Stade de Reims' John Patrick tries to block Paris Saint-Germain's Georgian forward Khvicha Kvaratskhelia. Pic: Thomas Samson, Afp Via Getty Images

Having waited 23 years for an Irishman to grace France’s Ligue 1, they come along like buses.

Corkman Jake O’Brien last season become the successor to Nancy’s Tony Cascarino by breaking into the Lyon team, eventually earning a €20m move to Everton in the summer.