Blues striker David McGoldrick has been ruled out of the Republic of Ireland’s World Cup qualifier against Austria in Dublin on Sunday due to injury.

The 29-year-old, who has won six full caps without scoring an international goal, missed training this morning due to what manager Martin O'Neill described as "a niggle behind his knee" and he subsequently underwent a scan.

The FAI has now announced that McGoldrick will not be involved in Sunday’s match and has left the camp.

The Town frontman played the full 90 minutes of Thursday's 3-1 friendly defeat to Mexico in the US but was an unused sub in Sunday's 3-1 home victory over Uruguay.

BREAKING: David McGoldrick ruled out of Austria game - https://t.co/qR6EauTlrX #COYBIG pic.twitter.com/GVpLxpEurE

— FAIreland (@FAIreland) June 6, 2017

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ArnieM added 19:48 - Jun 6 He's f luckin useless, injury wise. We will get the same crap from him regarding injuries next season as well. We can't afford to carry any player next season.
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Steelmonkey added 19:51 - Jun 6 Oh great, here we go again I can see the headlines now " McGoldrick to miss the start of the season, due to needing surgery on his knee", "expected to be out for six weeks". I feel the misery of next season starting already, hope I'm wrong.
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Michael11 added 23:15 - Jun 6 The least surprising story of all time. I wish he'd just had a good rest this summer and ready to come back for pre-season nice and sharp. Looks like it'll be another start to a season where he's constantly playing catch up for fitness.
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runningout added 23:29 - Jun 6 very difficult to be positive
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BlueArrow added 09:39 - Jun 7 Time to reduce the wage bill?
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ormey75 added 16:32 - Jun 7 Seems like this guy gets a niggle just putting his socks on in the morning
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Daleyitfc added 20:19 - Jun 9 I'm guessing these lazy lethargic players like McGoldrick are also lazy lethargic trainers, hence why they are never really fit.
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