After Stephen Kenny’s reign ended final November, the FAI launched into the seek for his successor as outgoing CEO Jonathan Hill outlined that they aimed to nominate a brand new boss earlier than the Nations League draw final February.
That failed to come back to go and final month, FAI director of soccer Marc Canham mentioned that “current contractual preparations” had been stopping the affiliation from saying their chosen one, earlier than saying “we look ahead to saying that new head coach in early April.”
Final week, Abbotstown officers indicated that they deliberate to disclose the identification of their new boss this week, however that timeline has now been pushed again once more with the method clouded in uncertainty but once more, following contemporary approaches to Chris Hughton and Anthony Barry in latest weeks.
Yesterday, John O’Shea, who was interim boss for final month’s double-header, admitted that he has “no thought” the place the search at the moment stands, with former teammate McClean backing him for the job.
“The best way the FAI has gone about it has been a little bit of a shambles actually. It appears that evidently they’re simply making an attempt whoever’s out there. Throwing out all kinds of names and nobody appears to need the job,” mentioned McClean, talking to Dublin Reside as we speak.
“John’s an ideal soccer man, (he has) plenty of data within the recreation. So I don’t see what they might lose in giving it to John to be trustworthy.
“He’s fairly a likeable man, he’s good with the lads. He is aware of the sport inside out, has been there and completed it on the highest stage.
“I feel they might do rather a lot worse than give it to John. John will get my vote, arms down, I feel he already is aware of that.”
McClean retired from worldwide soccer final November after successful his 104th and closing cap in opposition to New Zealand, having made his debut in 2012.
After signing for Wrexham from Wigan final August, the 34-year-old helped Welsh facet win promotion to League One final weekend, hitting three assists of their 6-0 win over Forest Inexperienced which sealed a primary return to the third tier since 2004/05.
McClean was talking as we speak at an AsIAm Autism consciousness occasion in Dublin.