Promising Celtic youngster Bosun Lawal has been invited to train with the Republic of Ireland senior national team after impressing interim head coach John O'Shea.
Lawal will join up with club teammates Liam Scales, Mikey Johnston and Adam Idah, who have all been included in O'Shea's 26-man group to face Hungary and Portugal next month.
He will then transition back to the under-21s for friendlies against Croatia and England.
Andrew Moran, Bosun Lawal & Josh Keeley will all train with the Men’s Senior Team before linking up with Jim Crawford’s Ireland U21 squad ahead of their upcoming fixtures 🙌🇮🇪 pic.twitter.com/wKB75SGnlk
— Ireland Football ⚽️🇮🇪 (@IrelandFootball) May 28, 2024
The midfielder spent the 2023/34 campaign on-loan at Fleetwood Town which seen him prosper by playing 46 times in all competitions despite the Cod Army being relegated down to English League Two.
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Here is the Ireland squad in full:
Goalkeepers - Kelleher, Travers, O'Leary, Harrington
Defenders - Coleman, Doherty, Duffy, O'Shea, O'Brien, Omobamidele, Scales, Brady, Stevens
Midfielders - Cullen, Azaz, Knight, McGrath, O'Dowda, Smallbone, Sykes, Johnston
Forwards - Szmodics, Idah, Parrott, Obafemi, Cannon
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