The list of Brazilian names still rolls off Stephen Kenny’s tongue. Douglas Luiz, who’s now at Aston Villa. Antony, who ended up at Manchester United.
Emerson Royal from Spurs, Matheus Cunha at Wolves. That’s who the Republic of Ireland’s Under-21 side were up against in the semi-final of the 2019 Toulon Tournament in France.
But Kenny had a few star turns of his own. And one of them, who had stepped up from University College Dublin, is now a Champions League star with Celtic.
Kenny didn’t need games against the likes of Lazio, Feyenoord and Atletico Madrid in Europe’s top competition to convince him about Liam Scales’ ability.
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