Michael O'Neill refused to be drawn on whether Ronan Hale would make his Northern Ireland debut against Sweden this evening.
O'Neill was asked if he felt the need to play the former Cliftonville striker given the protracted nature of his international transfer from the Republic of Ireland.
But the Northern Ireland boss remained coy stating it would be a case of wait and see if the striker would be selected.
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"Ronan is one of 23 players in our squad so you'll have to wait until tomorrow to see," said O'Neill. "The player has made an international transfer, that is what it is.
"When Ronan made the decision to make the transfer I said 'all I can promise you is that I will monitor you playing for your club'.
"It's the same with Jamie Donley, I can't promise people they're going to get 40 caps or that they're going to be an international for 10 years.
"What will affect it is the competition for places and how the players are playing, it's as simple as that. Your club form dictates your selection for international football.
"Whether Ronan starts or comes on, this is just his first trip. Hopefully he will have many more trips ahead of him. I wouldn't just pick a player because he came through an international transfer."
Spurs man Donely and Terry Devlin both came on to make their senior debuts against the Swiss at Windsor Park on Friday night and O'Neill was pleased with their contribution.
"Both Jamie and Terry were good and we were happy with them," he said. "Jamie wasn't in his most natural position but we felt it was the right thing.
"It's hard coming on at that part of the game when we were struggling to get possession and dominance.
"He's a player who excels with the ball but I thought he did well out of possession and had some good moments with the ball as well.
"I thought Terry did very well and the game suited him at that time as it allowed him to be competitive.
"We obviously saw that side of his game as he was aggressive, was good out of possession, defended well and had that natural athleticism to get forward as well."
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