O'Neill wants NI squad 'at its strongest' for June

Northern Ireland manager Michael O'Neill feels June friendlies against Denmark and Iceland will be "good preparation" for World Cup qualifying but hopes his squad have fewer injuries come the double-header. His side were without the likes of Conor Bradley, Trai Hume, Dan Ballard and Ali McCann in a 5-1 friendly defeat to Sweden in March. That left the manager fielding a starting XI with an average age of under 23-years-old. The games against Demark in Copenhagen and Iceland in Belfast are the la