LOI channels its inner WWF
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LOI channels its inner WWF
David Sneyd and Shane Keegan reflect on yet another crazy double-header weekend in the League of Ireland, including another late Bohs win, Drogheda's return to the top of the pile and that Bradley/Duff fallout.
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Irish Daily Mirror
4 hours ago
- Irish Daily Mirror
Bohemians manager Alan Reynolds addresses strong transfer interest in key player
Bohemians are fighting to keep James Clarke at the club amid strong interest from England. League Two side Grimsby Town are keen to land the 24-year-old midfielder in this transfer window. Clarke, playing lately as a makeshift striker for the Gypsies, is out of contract at the end of the League of Ireland season. There is no release clause in his current deal and Bohs have offered him a new contract. But that is unlikely to deter Grimsby who remain interested and Alan Reynolds says he can't be certain how it will play out. Bohs boss Reynolds said: 'Look, there's interest in him but he's a Bohs player at the minute, and he will be unless things change. I haven't heard any differently, but I know there's interest in him. So he's here now anyway. Click this link or scan the QR code to receive the latest League of Ireland news and top stories from the Irish Mirror. If you don't like our community, you can check out any time you like. If you're curious, you can read our Privacy Notice. 'He's a really good player, and I suppose it's been tricky for him. At the start of the season, he wasn't in the team and he had to work and be patient and get in. 'Now he's in the team, there's interest in him. I'd love to keep him, but again, he probably has ambitions of going and playing across the water, but I'm delighted to have him.' If Clarke doesn't agree a new deal with Bohs, the club is faced with the choice of cashing in now for a fee, or losing him for nothing in the winter. 'It depends on what's on offer,' added Reynolds, who is linked with St Pat's fullback Anto Breslin, but denied there was anything imminent. "Whether the board feels it's worth cashing in and taking the money, but they don't. 'They want James Clarke, they really like James Clarke as a player and would love him to stay beyond, so we'll see what happens in that.' Bohs signed striker Douglas James-Taylor from Walsall this week, a player they know all about following his year on loan with Drogheda United. And his arrival meant the door was shown to Lys Mousset, the one-time £10 million Premier League player for Sheffield United. His move at Bohs at the start of the season caused a stir among the fanbase, but it was always a risk considering Mousset's injury issues and how he has lost his way. And while Mousset - dubbed 'The Moose' by Bohs fans - scored the winner in Sligo in May, Reynolds admits it was a short-term deal that didn't work out for either party. 'Lys struggled to settle,' said the Gypsies manager. 'We've struggled to get him fit, to get him on the pitch. It's probably one that everyone could see happening, let's be honest. But he scored a great goal down in Sligo, and can look back on that as we got three points. 'It just hasn't worked. And he had a conversation with us to say, 'look, I think it's the right time for us to go'.' Reynolds added: 'It was great for the league at the time, all the publicity, but getting him fit was the issue. We tried everything with him. All the staff did. 'But he picked up niggles and things like that which slowed it down all the time. One thing is for sure, if he wants to play football, he needs to get fit.' Get the latest sports headlines straight to your inbox by signing up for free email.
The 42
a day ago
- The 42
Joey O'Brien set to be confirmed as Shelbourne manager
JOEY O'BRIEN IS set to be named as the new Shelbourne manager with official confirmation from the club understood to be due shortly. The former Republic of Ireland international had been Damien Duff's assistant for the past three and a half years and stepped into the caretaker role for the games with Waterford and Galway United in the week after Duff's resignation. Advertisement Shels drew both matches 2-2 and 1-1, respectively, and the club have now decided to hand the Dubliner the job ahead of what will be his first home game in charge against Cork City on Friday. The Premier Division champions are currently fifth in the table and face Linfield in the first qualifying round of the Champions League next week. They welcome the Irish League champions to Tolka Park on Wednesday, 9 July before visiting Windsor Park for the second leg the following week. Retaining their League of Ireland crown now looks beyond Shels but they are just five points off second place Bohemians, and while the Gypsies have a couple of games in hand the European places are well within grasp for O'Brien. Shels' FAI Cup campaign also kicks off on 19 July when they travel away to the FAI Junior Cup winners and Limerick District League Premier Division champions Fairview Rangers.
The Irish Sun
a day ago
- The Irish Sun
Dayle Rooney signs new Bohemians deal as winger eyes ‘special' future at Dalymount Park
DAYLE ROONEY has been rewarded with a new deal by Bohemians. The winger's current contract was due to expire at the end of this season but that has been extended by a further two years. Advertisement 2 Dayle Rooney of Bohemians has penned an extension with the Dublin club 2 Rooney has put pen to paper on a new two year contract with the LOI giants The Ballymun man has a goal involvement ratio of one in every two games, with 12 goals and 19 assists from his 62 appearances for Boss Alan Reynolds said: 'You can see in Dayle's face how much he loves it here and how much he loves playing in Dalymount Park. 'He never stops working hard to improve his game either, and we feel that he is getting better and better every week. 'He has a real hunger to win trophies with Bohs, so we are delighted that has committed to the club. Advertisement Most read in Football "He has bought into everything we are working towards, can see what we're trying to build and we feel that he is going to be a big part of that.' Rooney spent seven years at And the former roofer said: 'I'm over the moon to re-sign. We are a close group, we're driving each other on and we feel we are building towards something special. 'We've given ourselves a good platform but we all want to kick on now and build on that. Advertisement Most read in Football Live Blog 'We've had some special nights this year and we want more of them. "The way the fans have got right behind us over the past few months has been really special and there's nowhere else I'd want to be than playing with Bohs in Dalyer.' Phil Foden's classy gesture to help boxing pal and childhood fishing rival Niall Brown achieve his ring dream
