Aston Villa defender Ciaran Clark is the latest international to publicly criticise manager, Giovanni Trapattoni’s selection policy.
Villa’s young centre back admitted to being baffled by the Italian’s continuation to over-look him for Ireland squad’s despite the fact he is Premier League regular, unlike most of Ireland’s defenders.
The 22 year old made his international debut in 2011 but has since made just one appearance being snubbed in favour of a plethora of players such as Darren O’Dea, Paul McShane and Sean St Ledger who all ply their trade in the Championship.
Speaking to ESPN the Villa defender conceded his surprise, “I have to be honest and say I have no idea what is happening for me with Ireland because the manager and his staff seemed to be very keen to get me on board at the start and now nothing seems to be happening for me.
“There are not too many Irish centre backs playing in the Premier League at the moment, so you would think that would stand me in good stead.”
His comments follow a miscalculated tweet from Ireland and Sunderland winger James McClean slamming the Italian’s decision to over-look him in favour of playing striker Simon Cox out of position against Kazakhstan.
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