Martin O’Neill finalises his squad for the upcoming Republic of Ireland friendlies

Martin O'Neill has finalised his squad for the upcoming friendlies.

The Republic of Ireland will play Switzerland on Friday March 25th, and Slovakia the following Tuesday, at the Aviva Stadium as the squad begins preparations for Euro 2016. O'Neill had named a provisional 40 man squad last week, but players such as Chris Forrester, Darron Gibson, Paul Green, Simon Cox and Anthony Stokes have been omitted from the finalised panel. Jonathan Hayes, Stephen Gleeson and Matt Doherty have kept their places though. Here's the 33 man squad:

Martin O'Neill has named a finalised squad of 33 for the upcoming games with Switzerland and Slovakia. ??☘⚽️ #COYBIG #EURO2016 #IRLSUI #IRLSLO

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