John Egan ruled out of Ireland's Euros double-header

John Egan is out of the Republic of Ireland's upcoming European Championship qualifies against Greece and Gibraltar.

Egan was taken off early in the second half of Sheffield United’s 2-0 loss at West Ham on Saturday with a leg injury.

The centre-half was assessed by his club, with the Blades initially hopeful the damage was not too serious. However it’s proven bad enough for Egan to be ruled out of the Aviva Stadium clash with the Greeks on Friday week and subsequent trip to Gibraltar the following Monday.

Callum O’Dowda is also definitely unavailable as he continues to recover from an adductor issue.

With Seamus Coleman still sidelined, and Andrew Omobamidele struggling to get minutes at Nottingham Forest, the uncapped Liam Scales could get a golden opportunity to step into the fray.

Kenny will attend Celtic's Champions League clash with Lazio in Glasgow tonight. Scales has been in excellent form recently, picking up the player of the match award in last month’s victory over Rangers at Ibrox.

Winger Mikey Johnston will also be part of the squad. He’s back at Celtic having spent last season on loan at Vitoria Guimaraes in Portugal.

Both Scales and Johnston are expected to be in Kenny's squad, which will be named on Thursday.

Evan Ferguson will also make a welcome return after he missed the September losses to France and the Netherlands due to a knee injury. Ferguson played in Brighton and Hove Albion's disastrous 6-1 defeat to Aston Villa last weekend.

There are huge question marks over Kenny's future after the last international window yielded zero points. Ireland are fourth in a five-team Group B with three games to go. Their only win in five games to date came against Gibraltar.

In the wake of the loss to the Dutch in Dublin,