'I'll still get abuse, but it won't be genuine hatred' - James McClean on leaving England and his move back to the LOI

"Derry's most famous football face is ready for the next chapter in his career and all that will come with it"

"James McClean's arrival message to the Derry City players' WhatsApp group began with an ice-breaking quip."

""It's James, Patrick's brother, here," he said, an ironic nod to his younger sibling and new teammate who has always been introduced to strangers as the brother of a household name."

James McClean is Derry's most famous football face and is ready for the next chapter in his career and all that will come with it. His arrival message to the Derry City players' WhatsApp group began with an ice-breaking quip. He said, "It's James, Patrick's brother, here," an ironic nod to his younger sibling and new teammate Patrick. Patrick has always been introduced to strangers as the brother of a household name. The quip used humor to acknowledge the sibling relationship and to ease his introduction to the squad.

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