Former England international Teddy Sheringham believes Ireland would currently be competing at the World Cup in Qatar if Jack Grealish and Declan Rice had opted to remain with the Boys in Green.
Both Grealish and Rice make up part of England's World Cup squad for the tournament, with the former even coming on and grabbing England's final goal in their 6-2 hammering of Iran in their opening group game.
But both have ties linking them back to Ireland and it looked some years ago as though they might have ended up representing the Republic at senior level.
