Republic of Eire supervisor Heimir Hallgrimsson has named his squad for the upcoming World Cup qualifiers with Evan Ferguson included regardless of scuffling with an ankle downside.
The ahead – on mortgage at Roma from Brighton, who scored within the 1-0 win towards Armenia in October, picked up the damage towards Parma on 29 October. Nevertheless, he's included within the 25-man squad for the ultimate two group video games that start at residence to Portugal on Thursday, 13 November (19:45 GMT) earlier than a visit to Hungary on Sunday, 16 November (14:00 GMT).
Hallgrimsson's aspect go into the ultimate spherical of matches in Group F sitting in third, one level behind Hungary who journey to Armenia within the first of their video games, figuring out qualification for the 2026 World Cup might be out of their grasp with a sport to spare ought to they lose to runaway leaders Portugal.
Lacking for that sport will likely be Jayson Molumby and Ryan Manning by way of suspension, however each are included within the squad.
There's a return for Mark Sykes regardless of his membership Bristol Metropolis revealing he would miss their subsequent two video games after sustaining a gash on his leg in Tuesday's 1-0 defeat by Blackburn Rovers.
With Callum O'Dowda out, Jimmy Dunne retains his place within the squad after coming in as a late alternative for the October internationals, whereas American-born 26-year-old Kevin O'Toole receives a call-up with the left-sided New York Metropolis participant eligible by way of his grandfather.
Nevertheless, there isn't a name for Celtic's Johnny Kenny – regardless of scoring three objectives in his final two video games, together with the opener within the League Cup semi-final win over Rangers on the weekend – regardless that Hallgrimsson is with out the injured Sammie Szmodics.
