The Football Association of Ireland can confirm that Declan Rice (West Ham United) has opted to purse his international career with England.
Republic of Ireland manager Mick McCarthy said: “Declan rang me today and said he has decided to give it a go with England. Good luck to him.”
Rice played three senior internaitonal games for Ireland in 2018 having previously represented Ireland at underage level.
He’s just right. The FAI is absolutely NO ATTRACTION to any player with that gobshite as the CEO.
That’s not really the issue. He didn’t reject Ireland because of him. He obviously saw better opportunities with England. The problem is, why kiss the badge, sing Amhrann Na BhFiann and then say ” I am a true English man…