Andy Moran has been called up to Heimir Hallgrimsson’s squad for the Republic of Ireland’s friendlies with Senegal and Luxembourg, with Seamus Coleman and Sammie Szmodics missing out through injury.
The FAI issued a squad update on Thursday morning as the squad trained ahead of the first of two end-of-season friendlies, against Senegal at Aviva Stadium on Friday, 6 June.
Moran of Brighton and Hove Albion – who was on loan with Stoke – is only the fourth player who spent last season in the Championship included in the squad, after Max O’Leary, Robbie Brady and Jason Knight, as Hallgrimsson has opted to rest several players who completed their gruelling second tier seasons earlier this month.
Coleman played only 18 minutes of his first Everton start in five months, against Southampton, while Szmodics made one substitute appearance for Ipswich after a three-month lay-off with an ankle injury.
Goalkeepers: Caoimhín Kelleher (Liverpool), Max O’Leary (Bristol City), Josh Keeley (Leyton Orient)
Defenders: Matt Doherty (Wolves), Nathan Collins (Brentford), Dara O’Shea (Ipswich Town), Jake O’Brien (Everton), Andrew Omobamidele (Strasbourg), Liam Scales (Celtic), Robbie Brady (Preston)
Midfielders: Jason Knight (Bristol City), Killian Phillips (St. Mirren), Will Smallbone (Southampton), Jack Taylor (Ipswich), John Joe Patrick Finn (Stade De Reims), Andy Moran (Brighton)
Attackers: Troy Parrott (AZ Alkmaar), Evan Ferguson (West Ham United), Adam Idah (Celtic), Kasey McAteer (Leicester City), Festy Ebosele (Istanbul Basaksehir), Ryan Manning (Southampton)
