Carsley has gone on record to say he respects both the Irish and our national anthem but he's never sung either before games because he's too busy concentrating on what's to come.

This has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with taking a stance as was the case with McLean.

As for Spanish flags flying everywhere in Barcelona while it's a long time since I've been there from memory the only flags I saw back then were the various regional Catalonian flags.