Northern Ireland boss says several clubs have contacted him about Cliftonville striker
Michael O'Neill says he has fielded several calls from managers in the UK enquiring about Ronan Hale. The 25-year-old is one of the Irish League's hottest properties, as he showed in the Irish Cup final earlier this month.
The interest is certainly there for Hale, who spent two years at Birmingham City in his late teens. But while he is being tipped to continue his rise to the top it seems like a call-up for Northern Ireland may still be a little while off as O'Neill explained."No because he has played for the Republic of Ireland," said the NI boss when asked if Hale was on the stand-by list for next month's friendlies against Spain and Andorra.
"I wouldn’t pick a player unless he had committed to do an international transfer. The fact is we could pick him and play him but it wouldn’t really count for anything and I don’t think that would send the right message to the rest of the squad.
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