Aston Villa assistant manager Roy Keane has said he will leave his role at the club if he believes it is getting in the way of his work with Republic of Ireland.
Keane, who is also assistant to Republic coach Martin O'Neill, said he would not hesitate to quit his role alongside Paul Lambert if he thought it meant he was "taking his eye off the ball."
He stressed that Lambert knew of his stance, explaining that a run of bad results for the Irish could mean the end of his role at Villa Park, which he took up over the summer.
"I feel that if I am taking my eye off the ball with Ireland, then I will leave Aston Villa," he said in quotes reported by the Birmingham Mail. "There is no doubt about that.
"I have told Paul Lambert that, told Martin that and told the FAI that. But at the moment, it is OK. If we [Republic of Ireland] lose three or four on the spin, then I will leave Villa.
#INSERT type:image caption:Keane has said he will quit Villa if Republic of Ireland 'lose three or four on the spin.' END#
"But I'm still getting to games, I am on the training pitch at Villa, improving and am working with Irish lads like young Jack Grealish.
"The guilt would kill me if I thought: 'I am on a cushy one here.' I couldn't work that way."
He explained that, although he had previously said it was only possible to do one job at a time, "I said that because I was only in the Ireland job a short period of time."
And he added: "I didn't just jump into it with Villa. I sat down with Paul Lambert, had a think, and sat down with Martin and the FAI and thought: 'I can adapt to this.'