Trap: I Will Take Pay Cut ; Ireland Manager Will Accept a Lower Salary to Remain in the Job Kilbane has the Experience, Eddie Is One for the Future [Eire Region]

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GIOVANNI Trapattoni has claimed that he would have no problem taking a pay cut in order to remain as Ireland manager beyond the current 2010 World Cup campaign. The Italian, currently on a EUR 2m annual wage, accepts that the economic situation has changed utterly since he was appointed in the spring of last year and the FAI may not be in a position to be as generous if his contract is renewed.

'I haven't a problem about this,' Trapattoni said when quizzed as to whether he would be willing to accept a drop in salary. 'I have no problem with this question or this situation.

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Trap: I Will Take Pay Cut ; Ireland Manager Will Accept a Lower Salary to Remain in the Job Kilbane has the Experience, Eddie Is One for the Future [Eire Region]

'If the FAI is happy with me to continue, then I will be happy to continue. But at the moment, my interest is to look towards South Africa. It is not my concern, Italy in the next game is my focus...

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