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| Everton’s Roberto Martínez: James McCarthy desperate to play for Ireland | Everton’s Roberto Martínez: James McCarthy desperate to play for Ireland |
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| James McCarthy was desperate to play for the Republic of Ireland against Scotland and remains sidelined with the hamstring injury that forced him to miss the game in Glasgow, Roberto Martínez has said. | James McCarthy was desperate to play for the Republic of Ireland against Scotland and remains sidelined with the hamstring injury that forced him to miss the game in Glasgow, Roberto Martínez has said. |
| The Everton midfielder was dragged into a club versus country dispute when Ireland’s assistant manager, Roy Keane, suggested he and Seamus Coleman were being pressured to avoid international duty. McCarthy has missed Ireland’s past three Euro 2016 qualifiers but as was also the case with Coleman, played for Everton four days after sitting out last month’s 1-1 draw in Germany. | The Everton midfielder was dragged into a club versus country dispute when Ireland’s assistant manager, Roy Keane, suggested he and Seamus Coleman were being pressured to avoid international duty. McCarthy has missed Ireland’s past three Euro 2016 qualifiers but as was also the case with Coleman, played for Everton four days after sitting out last month’s 1-1 draw in Germany. |
| Keane’s argument for this international break, however, has been undermined by McCarthy’s fitness problems, Coleman’s availability and the fact another of Everton’s Irish contingent, Darron Gibson, played 70 minutes at Celtic Park despite being short of match fitness as he recovers from a serious knee injury suffered on international duty last year. | Keane’s argument for this international break, however, has been undermined by McCarthy’s fitness problems, Coleman’s availability and the fact another of Everton’s Irish contingent, Darron Gibson, played 70 minutes at Celtic Park despite being short of match fitness as he recovers from a serious knee injury suffered on international duty last year. |
| Gibson is a doubt for Everton’s Premier League match with West Ham United on Saturday having reported soreness in the knee after the Euro 2016 qualifier. He would be in line to face Sam Allardyce’s team with Gareth Barry having sustained an ankle injury. McCarthy has yet to return to training 10 days after damaging a hamstring at Sunderland. | |
| Martínez, who was accused by Keane of not appreciating Ireland’s situation, said: “James was desperate to be involved with his national team but he couldn’t make it. We will try to get him fit for West Ham but it is a bit too early to tell. He hasn’t been able to train with the team and that is a worry on a Tuesday leading up to a Saturday game. It’s James’ second injury of this nature in the last month and that’s a bit of a worry. We need to give him perfect treatment and make sure he is fully fit.” | Martínez, who was accused by Keane of not appreciating Ireland’s situation, said: “James was desperate to be involved with his national team but he couldn’t make it. We will try to get him fit for West Ham but it is a bit too early to tell. He hasn’t been able to train with the team and that is a worry on a Tuesday leading up to a Saturday game. It’s James’ second injury of this nature in the last month and that’s a bit of a worry. We need to give him perfect treatment and make sure he is fully fit.” |
| The Everton manager will give McCarthy every opportunity to face West Ham with the midfielder in outstanding form and has not ruled out Leighton Baines despite him withdrawing from England duty on Friday with a hamstring problem. | The Everton manager will give McCarthy every opportunity to face West Ham with the midfielder in outstanding form and has not ruled out Leighton Baines despite him withdrawing from England duty on Friday with a hamstring problem. |
| “When you see Leighton Baines pull out of a training session you know that something is wrong but at the moment he is responding well to treatment,” Martínez added. “We’ll try to give as much time to Leighton to get fully recovered and see if he can be fit for the West Ham game.” | “When you see Leighton Baines pull out of a training session you know that something is wrong but at the moment he is responding well to treatment,” Martínez added. “We’ll try to give as much time to Leighton to get fully recovered and see if he can be fit for the West Ham game.” |
| With Bryan Oviedo recovering from an operation to remove a screw from the leg he fractured in January, the England Under-21 defender Luke Garbutt is on standby for his first Premier League start should Baines fail to recover in time. | With Bryan Oviedo recovering from an operation to remove a screw from the leg he fractured in January, the England Under-21 defender Luke Garbutt is on standby for his first Premier League start should Baines fail to recover in time. |