MICK McCARTHY

was not only prepared to revisit Saipan in his cosy chat with Eamon Dunphy at a sponsored event on Friday, he also acknowledged how he’d ‘love’ another crack at the Ireland manager’s job if it became available down the road.

While McCarthy was chatty with Eamo (one of his fiercest former critics, incidentally) he was less forthcoming when asked by Tommy Martin about the Ireland job during Virgin Media’s Champions League coverage in mid-week. His answer was curt and smacked of ‘don’t go there, Tommy’. Curious.