Republic of Ireland boss Mick McCarthy is predicting a bright future for Mark Travers.
19-year-old Travers made a stunning Premier League debut for Bournemouth in Saturday’s 1-0 win over Tottenham and, having made the squad for the Euro 2020 qualifiers against Gibraltar and Georgia, Travers will be selected for the Denmark and Gibraltar games next month.
McCarthy names his provisional squad for those crunch games - and the training camp in Portugal - in Trim tomorrow.
Of Travers, he said this evening: “He was brilliant when he came into the squad for the games against Gibraltar and Georgia in March, on and off the pitch.
“Mark’s attitude around the camp impressed everyone and on the training ground he was different class with the way he applied himself.
“He’s top class so I wasn’t surprised Mark got Man of the Match against Spurs.
“He’s only 19 but that’s not a problem for me – I gave Shay Given his debut at 19 and Robbie Keane was first capped at 18.”
