Wolverhampton Wanderers defender Kevin Foley has admitted that he feels "betrayed" after being dropped from the Republic of Ireland squad by manager Giovanni Trapattoni.

The 27-year-old was replaced by Hull City's Paul McShane in the 23-man squad due to the risk of a hamstring problem.

"It is hard to take, you know," said Foley. "I sort of feel betrayed. I don't want to go into too much detail. I just feel betrayed.

"I wanted to prove a point, that I was fit to play because from what I understood, I could have trained last week, Thursday, Friday and been involved in the game [against Bosnia on Saturday].

"[Trapattoni] said there was no rush and we will wait to train in Italy, so I trained for two days in Italy and felt great. And then all of a sudden, he pulls me [in] just before the end and says, 'You are not in the squad', and that is hard to take. I have done everything I can. That is all I can do. Words can't really describe it. It was tough."

Ireland are also dealing with fitness worries concerning John O'Shea and Darren O'Dea.