Ben Symes

Look, I'm excited for it.

At this point, a bit League of Ireland players, yes.

But knowing that they will be there at the end of the month is quite nice to take solace in.

Yeah, he's a Nigerian father and a Russian mother.

wow okay yeah that's oz and vina's background so uh nice mix of footballing talents they're a different kind of mix of football talents and then and then and then growing up in south dublin as well i know like you hear stories as a kid he was he's out kicking ball on the road literally non-stop from dusk till dawn as a child yeah playing playing every single sport yeah next door to

Yeah, Russian mother, Nigerian father.

He is eligible for both, but I do think he will play for it.

Yeah so the Granada game is an official international so basically the FAI set up this camp the aim was to have two official internationals one on the Wednesday the other on the Saturday there was a couple of teams kind of interested Wales were one of those that were touted to play Ireland that felt true there was an offer to play Granada again.

That didn't go through.

So what will happen is on the Saturday, the Granada game is an official full international.

You can buy tickets for it.

It's in Real Mercia Stadium, which holds 31,000 people.

And on the Wednesday, just a couple of days before it, Ireland will play Real Mercia.

in a friendly that is a complete training game uh i'm not sure if that's going to take place at real mercia stadium or it's going to take place at um the pinnatar arena which is down at san pedro and which is about half an hour away from from mercia where the the mud bats are if you've ever heard of them it's like the yeah the biggest mud bats in europe are down at san pedro i've been actually been in them before and it's quite nice uh the best value but it's good for your skin um

Yeah, it's really good for your skin.

Look at you.

Well, it was glowing when I did go to the Mudbats a couple of years ago.

You actually genuinely do notice it.

You see loads of old people.

It's meant to be really good for your arthritis as well.