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RTÉ News
3 days ago
- Sport
- RTÉ News
RTÉ Soccer Podcast: LOI at HT, PSG in-person, Cork revenge mission and Delap (not) for Ireland?
Former league winning midfielders Alan Cawley and Richie Towell, Shelbourne and ex-Republic of Ireland international's Rachel Graham and RTÉ Sport's Anthony Pyne join Raf Diallo on this week's RTÉ Soccer Podcast. TIMESTAMPS 01:00 Alan talks about the experience of attending Saturday's Champions League final as Paris Saint-Germain thrashed Inter Milan 5-0 in Munich, before he and Richie analyse the Parisians' victory and what it means for the European game at large. 21:00 Rachel and Anthony reflect on the Republic of Ireland's late win over Turkey in the Women's Nations League and the task to come on Tuesday (live on RTÉ2 and RTÉ Player) as Carla Ward's side prepare to take on an impressive Slovenia in Cork. 40:30 Richie and Alan talk League of Ireland as the season reaches the halfway mark. They pick their Players and Young Players of the campaign so far, while Richie has his say on his former Shamrock Rovers manager Stephen Bradley's public criticism of Josh Honohan's performance against Galway United, and Alan gives his take on Sligo Rovers' issues and Cork City appointing David Meyler as assistant manager. 1:20.30 Building up to Ireland's friendly against Senegal (live on RTÉ2 and RTÉ Player this Friday), Alan and Richie react to Heimir Hallgrimsson's comments about Liam Delap's willingness or not to switch to the Boys in Green, while also touching on Caoimhin Kelleher's imminent move from Liverpool to Brentford and a potential club v country impasse for Ireland U17s at the World Cup later this year.
Scotsman
23-04-2025
- Sport
- Scotsman
'I almost signed for Celtic and was an ex-teammate of Adam Idah - this is what his biggest problem is''
Adam Idah's ex-Republic Of Ireland teammate reveals how close he came to signing for Celtic. Sign up to our Football newsletter Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... Adam Idah has a 'big problem' to overcome if he is to become Celtic's talisman, but has been told to 'keep believing' by an ex-EPL striker and one of his former international teammates. Celtic's Adam Idah celebrates a goal against Young Boys earlier in the season. Cr: PA. | PA The 24-year-old completed a reported £9.5million move from Norwich City in the summer, following an extremely impressive stint on loan at Celtic Park in the second-half of last season, where he scored eight league goals in 15 appearances. He has struggled for regular game time since joining the club permanently though, starting just 16 of the club's 32 Scottish Premiership games. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad He was restored to the Hoops starting XI in the 5-0 win over St Johnstone in the Scottish Cup semi-final at Hampden Park at the weekend, and played his part the team's second goal before notching the third goal himself as Celtic took control of the game before the half-time break. Shane Long was capped 88-times by the Republic of Ireland and played for them at the Euros in 2016. Cr: Getty Images. | Getty Images However, the Republic of Ireland international will be desperate to play a more prominent role in the weeks to come as the club chase a sixth domestic treble in nine years - and his former international teammate Shane Long has urged him to remain patient. 'He's still quite young,' said Long. 'I've played with him and know his ability. He's strong, he's a link-up player and he's a good finisher so it will happen for him. He just needs to keep believing. I think when he does start games, he doesn't light it up as much as he probably should to really cause the manager a few issues, headaches about picking the starting team. 'It's when he comes in off the bench that he's really effective so it's a nice weapon for the manager to have. I had it for a while in my career as a super sub. You're kind of in a catch-22 where you want to come on off the bench and do well, but you don't want to do that thing of always coming off the bench to do well. Idah has done okay at Celtic, he's got 23 goals in 65 appearances. I think the biggest problem for him is Daizen Maeda. He's flying at the moment and it's strong competition.' Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad In a new interview, Long opened up on his own regret at not playing for Celtic during his career, revealing he almost twice signed for the club while playing in the English top flight. The ex-Reading and Southampton striker scored 56 English Premier League goals during his career, but admits he was tempted by Celtic more than once. 'The first time I was at Reading I ended up leaving to play for West Brom under Roy Hodgson, but Celtic were in for me too,' said Long. 'I was very close to going to Celtic, there was also a transfer window when I was at Southampton when I wasn't really playing in which I felt I needed to leave to play football, Celtic were in for me then too.
Scotsman
23-04-2025
- Sport
- Scotsman
'I scored 56 EPL goals and almost signed for Celtic, and this is what I think Adam Idah's biggest problem is'
Adam Idah's ex-Republic Of Ireland teammate reveals how close he came to signing for Celtic. Sign up to our Football newsletter Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... Adam Idah has a 'big problem' to overcome if he is to become Celtic's talisman, but has been told to 'keep believing' by an ex-EPL striker and one of his former international teammates. Celtic's Adam Idah celebrates a goal against Young Boys earlier in the season. Cr: PA. | PA The 24-year-old completed a reported £9.5million move from Norwich City in the summer, following an extremely impressive stint on loan at Celtic Park in the second-half of last season, where he scored eight league goals in 15 appearances. He has struggled for regular game time since joining the club permanently though, starting just 16 of the club's 32 Scottish Premiership games. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad He was restored to the Hoops starting XI in the 5-0 win over St Johnstone in the Scottish Cup semi-final at Hampden Park at the weekend, and played his part the team's second goal before notching the third goal himself as Celtic took control of the game before the half-time break. Shane Long was capped 88-times by the Republic of Ireland and played for them at the Euros in 2016. Cr: Getty Images. | Getty Images However, the Republic of Ireland international will be desperate to play a more prominent role in the weeks to come as the club chase a sixth domestic treble in nine years - and his former international teammate Shane Long has urged him to remain patient. 'He's still quite young,' said Long. 'I've played with him and know his ability. He's strong, he's a link-up player and he's a good finisher so it will happen for him. He just needs to keep believing. I think when he does start games, he doesn't light it up as much as he probably should to really cause the manager a few issues, headaches about picking the starting team. 'It's when he comes in off the bench that he's really effective so it's a nice weapon for the manager to have. I had it for a while in my career as a super sub. You're kind of in a catch-22 where you want to come on off the bench and do well, but you don't want to do that thing of always coming off the bench to do well. Idah has done okay at Celtic, he's got 23 goals in 65 appearances. I think the biggest problem for him is Daizen Maeda. He's flying at the moment and it's strong competition.' Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad In a new interview, Long himself opened up on his regret at not playing for Celtic during his career, revealing he almost twice signed for the club while playing in the English top flight. The ex-Reading and Southampton striker scored 56 English Premier League goals during his career, but admits he was tempted by Celtic more than once. 'The first time I was at Reading I ended up leaving to play for West Brom under Roy Hodgson, but Celtic were in for me too,' said Long. 'I was very close to going to Celtic, there was also a transfer window when I was at Southampton when I wasn't really playing in which I felt I needed to leave to play football, Celtic were in for me then too.
BBC News
27-02-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
'They're 15th in the league and he's saving them?'
Former Manchester United midfielder Roy Keane has claimed "talent is not enough" for club captain Bruno Fernandes, who he also believes is "not a fighter".Fernandes, 30, has arguably been the most successful signing of the post-Sir Alex Ferguson era and was handed the armband in July 2023 by ex-manager Erik ten head coach Ruben Amorim praised "special player" Fernandes for his role in Wednesday's hard-fought 3-2 win at home to Ipswich. The Portugal international also played a key part in United's 2-2 comeback draw at former United captain Keane slammed Fernandes and got into a heated argument with Ian Wright about the playmaker on The Overlap podcast."Save us? They're 15th in the league and he's saving them? Praise the lord," the ex-Republic of Ireland international said."You have to have a starting point. I go back to it all - talent is not enough. Bruno's a talented player, but talent's not enough."Former Arsenal forward Wright's attempts to defend Fernandes further angered Keane, who added: "You talk to me [about] who you were in a dressing room with. 'Tony Adams was this', 'Tony Adams was that'. Yeah, because he was a fighter. Bruno's not a fighter."You've got young players. You have to look at somebody and go 'I like what he does'."They all can't put the ball in the top of the net from 25 yards, I get that. But you want someone who is going 'lads, are you with me?"'Wright claimed that "if Bruno's not there, United are in the relegation places" and temperatures rose as Keane returned to former Arsenal captain Wright said that was the skipper he was used to, Keane shouted: "Yeah, yeah, of course. That's the captain we expect!"Was Tony Adams the most talented player in that Arsenal dressing room? So, why do you look up to Tony Adams and go 'listen, I've got a lot of time for him'?"And what did he do with his leadership? Leadership is action. Leadership to me is about action."United sit 14th in the Premier League and return to action on Sunday at home to Fulham in the FA Cup fifth round.
