Aston Villa's Jack Grealish has turned down a place in the Republic of Ireland squad for the friendly against England and Euro qualifier against Scotland, reports BBC Sport. The 19 year old Birmingham-born Grealish can also play for England although he has already represented the Republic's Under-21s.

"Jack didn't want to make up his mind at this stage," said boss Martin O'Neill.

The Republic manager said he had spoken to both Grealish and the player's father.

"I'm sure that he could in the future (choose Ireland)," said the Republic manager.

"He didn't want to make a decision now. I would have liked to have had him training with us for the week ahead of England game. That's a disappointing aspect."