Northern Ireland manager Michael O'Neill says an international return for captain Steven Davis depends on how long he remains interim manager at Rangers.
Northern Ireland manager Michael O'Neill says a return for captain Steven Davis depends on how long he remains interim manager at Rangers.
"I'd love him back playing international football and I don't think Steven's career - at club or international level - should end with a knee injury," added former Stoke City manager O'Neill. "In a situation where a manager gets sacked there's obviously instability at the club - Steven will bring a certain level of stability just because of his reputation as a player, his experience with the club, what he's done for the club.
"I think we have got to manage the expectations which I think the Leeds medical team tried to do in the media recently. There is being back on the grass and there is being back in team training, and the two are totally different things.
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