IRELAND coach Roy Keane has blasted Everton after James McCarthy pulled out of international duty.
Martin O’Neill accused Ronald Koeman of “bleating” about the midfielder last week.
And McCarthy made himself unavailable this week due to a hamstring injury to trigger an angry response from Keane.
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He said: “We’ve had a problem with Roberto Martinez previously – I always felt the Everton players were going to turn up on crutches.
“They shouldn’t be so quick to stop Irish players coming to play for Ireland.
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“Darron Gibson misses a hell of a lot of games for Everton… so maybe they need to look at their own training schedule.
“I’m not sure when they last won a trophy, so maybe as a club, their players need to toughen up a bit.”
Ironically the last time Everton won a trophy was in 1995 – and Keane was on the losing Manchester United side in the FA Cup final.
O’Neill’s side travel to Austria for a key qualifier on Saturday as they try to build on a solid start in World Cup qualifying Group D.
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