'It's getting embarrassing now' - Duff slates FAI search for vacancy he’s no interest in

Damien Duff has slammed the FAI’s delay in appointing a manager as embarrassing - stressing he’s no interest in the vacancy.

Lee Carsley has been turned off the job by the limited package on offer, triggering speculation the likes of Duff could be sprung as a bolter.

The centurion has no intention of quitting the Shelbourne post he’s flourished in for the last two years but suggests, if he was on the long list of 12 candidates the FAI compiled within days of Stephen Kenny being released, it was purely a box-ticking gesture.

For the 13 weeks since, soundbites of an imminent appointment have dissolved into inaction.

The FAI have other pressing matters - Thursday’s looming appearance before the Public Accounts Committee yesterday necessitated a second board in five days - but the managerial episode is the one consuming most external interest.

Duff, who has never hidden his disdain for the inner workings of the FAI, isn’t immersed in the episode other than being unsurprised by the pickle the association finds itself when there’s two home friendlies on the horizon in five weeks’ time.

“It's getting embarrassing now, I won't lie to you,” he said when asked about the hot topic after Friday’s opening night 1-1 draw in Waterford.

“I'm not sure how long it can take to appoint a manager. Am I following it with interest? To be brutally honest, no.

“I follow the League of Ireland with ultra interest. I think the future of Irish football is in the League of Ireland if it's brought on leaps and bounds with help from anyone and everyone.

“It's the biggest best league in the world to me. I've lost touch with the Premier League, the Champions League, the senior job.

“Did somebody get the women's job? I don't even know. It's League of