Evans has been been a mainstay of Northern Ireland's defence during O'Neill's eight years at the helmNorthern Ireland's Jonny Evans says Michael O'Neill's imminent departure has not come as a shock to the squad. O'Neill was appointed as manager of Stoke City last week but will remain in charge of Northern Ireland for the rest of their Euro 2020 qualifying campaign. "Michael had spoken to me before he took the job at Stoke and explained what was going on," said Evans. Evans enjoying Leicester momentumDefeat by the Netherlands on Saturday would end Northern Ireland's hopes of automatic qualification if Germany beat Belarus in Monchengladbach on the same day. However it would not completely end Northern Irish ambition of reaching a second consecutive European Championship with a play-off berth still up for grabs.

Source: BBC November 12, 2019 17:46 UTC