In an interview with Irish Examiner to be published tomorrow, Liam Brady says the lack of young Irish talent coming through is 'scary'.
Brady worked with Giovanni Trapattoni for the 2010 World Cup qualifying campaign but spent the latter part of the Italian's reign in the perched in the RTE studio batting away suggestions, usually from Eamon Dunphy, that Ireland was coming down with young talent.
If the players are not there, what can you do? I’ve told [FAI chief executive] John Delaney this years ago, it’s scary.
There are simply no Irish players coming through. The last Irish player Arsenal signed was Anthony Stokes. I really, really hope I’m wrong, but I don’t see anything coming through from Ireland. And it scares me.
Brady could often be observed shifting sceptically in his seat whenever some new uncapped player was hailed as the messiah. He was wearily critical of the Irish media's tendency to get over excited about uncapped players.
The rest of the interview will appear in tomorrow's Irish Examiner.
