It’s almost as if there’s a secret Fifa committee that sets about creating the most convoluted World Cup qualifying process imaginable, just for the craic. And hats off to them, the route they’ve produced to Brazil 2027 looks positively labyrinthine – unless you make it painlessly direct for yourself by winning your qualifying group.
It could, then, end up being a lengthy enough journey to qualification, but the Republic of Ireland will know the size of the initial phase of the challenge some time after noon on Tuesday when the draw for the World C
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