Stephen Kenny clinging on in hope of a November showdown against the Netherlands

Stephen Kenny wants Ireland to secure six points from this week's double header against Greece and Gibraltar, as the Ireland manager clung onto the very slight chance that his side would have something to play for in November.

The manager admitted that it was a very slim chance of qualifying automatically for Euro 2024, however, the mathematics still say that Ireland remain alive in the group, and Kenny admitted that his team would be kicking themselves if they missed out on an opportunity to go to Amsterdam looking for a historic victory in November.

And with Greece in town for the first of the two games in this international window, it also gives the Irish side a chance to right the wrongs of Athens where they didn't really show up for the end of season international, losing 2-1 to Gus Poyet’s side in June.

"It's not in our own hands, we are relying on results elsewhere," said Kenny, speaking at the pre-match press conference.

Stephen Kenny says six points from Greece and Gibraltar fixtures are vital as there is still a mathematical hope of automatic qualification for Euro 2024 pic.twitter.com/8GA7Isyl3w

"We want to finish the group strongly, we are still in contention for automatic qualification, we have to see if we can take it to the November window and the only way we can do that is by taking six points from this window.

"It may not be enough, but we'd be kicking ourselves if we didn't do that and results did happen elsewhere."

The manager would not be drawn on Keith Andrews’ earlier assertions that Greece may have had some Irish input into their preparations for that game in Athens, however, he did confirm that no information was leaked from within the Ireland camp.

In fact, the manager appeared quite relaxed about it all