Uncapped Luton defender Mark McGuinness is named in the Republic of Ireland squad for this month's Nations League games as Matt Doherty is left out.
Luton defender Mark McGuinness earned 13 caps for this Republic of Ireland Under-21s but this is his first senior call-upLuton Town centre-back Mark McGuinness has received a first call-up to a much-changed Republic of Ireland squad for this month's Uefa Nations League games against Finland and Greece.
Udinese full-back Festy Ebosele, who is on loan at Watford, is included following his late call-up for last month's games as Jake O'Brien drops out of the squad after struggling to get game time at Everton this season. "This is the only chance to kind of experiment to give players the chance to show what they can do," said the Irish coach, who insisted that Doherty and O'Brien remain part of his future plans.Hallgrimsson said that the club form of McGuinness and Taylor had convinced him to select the uncapped duo.
Smallbone and Coleman have not played for their clubs since featuring for the Republic of Ireland last month.Smallbone started in both home losses against England and Greece but a hamstring issue has prevented him from playing for Southampton since then.
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