Michael O’Neill: Northern Ireland boss on future with Blackburn

O’Neill’s contract with the Irish Football Association (IFA) runs until 2028 and he says there will be talks with Blackburn about his future.

He will lead Blackburn into their final Championship game of the season against already-relegated Leicester on 2 May.

“Look, of course those discussions will take place, you know the club have a decision to make themselves, on what direction they want to go,” he said.

“I’m a contracted manager, so the situation doesn’t really change from, I suppose for any club, if they wanted me as a manager, they would have to go through the IFA, they would have to meet the terms of the release clause and I would have to want to do it.

“That’s existed at any point of my management career at international level and it’s the same now.

“This was a loan, I suppose given where we are it’ll be deemed as a successful loan. I’ve enjoyed the club, there’s a lot of really, really good people at the club and you know. I’m sure conversations will happen one way or the other obviously in the weeks ahead.”