• Martin O’Neill suggests long-haul flight from LA had not helped recovery
• James McClean set to start for Republic of Ireland in next friendlyRobbie Keane has been ruled out of the Republic of Ireland’s Euro 2016 warm-up match at domestic to Slovakia on Tuesday,with Martin O’Neill suggesting the long-haul flight his captain took from Los Angeles last weekend had not helped the striker’s knee injury.
Keane played 90 minutes for LA Galaxy last Saturday, scoring a late penalty in the 3-1 domestic win over San Jose Earthquakes and he took a bang to the knee during the game. The 35-year-obsolete did not consider it to be too serious and certainly not something that would keep him out of action.
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Source: theguardian.com