England star hoping to make his debut tonight is future son-in-law of Roy Keane

Taylor Harwood-Bellis is hoping to marque his England debut contiguous successful the Uefa Nations League clash against Republic of Ireland – having turned to erstwhile Irish skipper and aboriginal father-in-law Roy Keane for advice.

The Southampton defender precocious got engaged to Keane’s girl Leah.

The erstwhile Manchester City prima played a cardinal relation successful Saints’ promotion to the Premier League past play and has been astir ever-present successful the broadside this term, earning his archetypal planetary call-up from interim brag Lee Carsley past week.

Harwood-Bellis was an unused substitute as England eased to a 3-0 triumph implicit Greece successful Athens connected Thursday night but volition beryllium hopeful of starting oregon coming disconnected the seat against Ireland contiguous astatine Wembley.

‘It’s thing that is good, yes, and I instrumentality a batch of advice,’ Harwood-Bellis said past week.

‘My household volition privation to beryllium determination [at Wembley against Ireland] to spot if I diagnostic oregon adjacent conscionable beryllium involved, which is monolithic for maine and my family.’

Speaking up of past week’s Greece match, Harwood-Bellis insisted determination hadn’t been immoderate talks astir the Ireland lucifer with his aboriginal father-in-law, with Keane , who represented his state 67 times betwixt 1991 and 2005.

‘No, everything is focused connected Greece astatine the minute. It’s a large crippled aft the effect astatine home. Obviously, we privation to spell implicit determination and get a result. It volition beryllium a bully ambiance and a afloat house. We are looking guardant to it and instrumentality the situation on.’

Keane has 5 children with his woman Theresa – 4 daughters successful Shannon, Caragh, Leah and Alanna and his lad Aidan.

Keane’s no-nonsense attack typified his playing days and his vocation successful the studio, often 1 of football’s astir scathing pundits.

During an quality connected the Tommy Tiernan Show past year, the erstwhile midfielder was asked astir the hardest portion of being a begetter with comedian Tierney comparing him to ‘Clint Eastwood successful the kitchen’.

‘No, they’re okay,’ Keane said. ‘Listen, erstwhile they get a spot older, I accidental boyfriends and that benignant of transportation on, yea that tin beryllium (shrugs).’

Tiernan joked: ‘I’d accidental it’d beryllium reasonably intimidating gathering you present successful each fairness. Clint Eastwood successful the kitchen.’

Keane replied: ‘You’d beryllium precise surprised. Surely that’s the aforesaid for everybody.’

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