‘I can accept or refuse a job offer, that’s my right, and that has nothing to do with gender,’ says Ireland head coach
Head coach Heimir Hallgrimsson during an Ireland media conference at the FAI National Training Centre in Abbotstown. Photo: Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile
Heimir Hallgrimsson has labelled Saturday’s sold-out World Cup tie at home to Hungary as a must-win game and the biggest test of his career as Ireland manager, a game that could decide the team’s fate in terms of qualification.
But the Iceland native, who also revealed that a knee injury for Troy Parrott is likely to keep him out of the October window as well as the Hungary/Armenia double-header this month, has side-stepped questions about the issue of equal pay for managers of the men’s and women’s senior international teams.