Cardiff City midfielder Harry Arter feels for Martin O'Neill after his axing by the Republic of Ireland.

O'Neill gave him his Republic debut in 2015, but Arter had a well-documented row with his assistant Roy Keane and withdrew from international duty in September because of it.

"I was really disappointed for Martin, he's done so well for us as a country," Arter said.

"There was a lot of pressure from the media in Ireland to have a change in management.

"The squad has changed a lot over the last 18 months and I feel it was a very difficult job for him to get the lads playing the way he wanted them to in such a short time.

"I'm sure Martin will be eager to get back into football at some point. He still definitely has that passion for football and probably missed the day-to-day part of a football club.

"Hopefully he finds something he wants to do, the right opportunity comes up and he will be successful.

"I'm not sure what Roy wants to do next in the game - whether he wants to be a manager himself.

"He has experienced that in the past, this time around he was a coach, and done some punditry. But I wish him the best."