Northern Ireland manager Michael O'Neill has shrugged off the Republic of Ireland calling up Burnley defender Jimmy Dunne.
Martin O'Neill admitted earlier this week that the North's reported interest in Dunne was a factor in the on-loan Hearts fullback's call-up to his provisional panel for Thursday's friendly between the sides and the UEFA Nations League game in Aarhus.
"Jimmy is a player at Hearts where one of my coaches (Austin McPhee) is the assistant manager and he's represented by Colin Murdock who Jonny Evans' dad works for so there is a lot of contact," said Michael O'Neill.
"We knew Jimmy had a grandparent from Northern Ireland. I had a conversation with Jimmy in Edinburgh, he lives 10 minutes away from me. I told him if it was something he wanted to explore then great but it's a massive decision and I told him I wouldn't expect him to make the decision lightly.
"As a result of that he's got picked for the Republic of Ireland… so he owes me two cappuccinos. Seriously though, I'm delighted for him. To be called up after 15 minutes of U-21 football - he must have been very good in those 15 minutes."
