Heimir Hallgrímsson at the Republic of Ireland squad announcement in FAI HQ in Abbotstown, Dublin on Thursday. Photograph: Tom Maher/Inpho
Republic of Ireland manager Heimir Hallgrímsson postponed contract extension talks with the FAI chief executive David Courell and president Paul Cooke following the defeat in Armenia last month.
Hallgrímsson asked Courell to reschedule the negotiations until after Ireland’s last World Cup qualifier against Hungary in Budapest on November 16th, as a new deal for the Icelander would send out “the wrong signal”.
“After the last game, I talked to David and the president [Cooke] and said, ‘let’s postpone that until after the tournament,’” said Hallgrímsson during the Ireland squad announcement in Abbotstown ahead of qualifiers against Portugal in Lisbon
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