Anthony Stokes has been ruled out of tomorrow night's friendly international between Ireland and Italy at Craven Cottage.

The Celtic striker picked up an unspecified injury during yesterday's training session at the Aviva Stadium and sat out today's workout as a result.

Roy Keane took part in today's training work, despite the ongoing speculation about his future.

The Ireland assistant boss has emerged as one of the candidates to become the next Celtic manager, but Martin O'Neill insisted this afternoon that there were no fresh developments as yet.

John O'Shea looks likely to captain the side tomorrow evening before he heads off on his summer holidays.