"He should be playing in the World Cup
because he is one of the best players in the world.
"Roy plays for one of the biggest clubs in the world week in, week out and I
have no worries about him.
"This is one of those things and it comes with the territory. I'd like to
have had a lovely restful week and not had this to deal with, but we'll get on
McCarthy denied the situation had anything to do with an apparent bust-up with Bonner.
"There is some suggestion this is all to do with a bust-up at training, but that is way off the mark," said McCarthy.
"There were suggestions he had a scuffle in training, and I wasn't even aware of that. Packie (Bonner) has bigger arguments with his lad over his homework.
"We had a number of discussions, but then he spoke to other people back at
home and that resolved whatever problems there were.
"I know he is worried about his knee, he has treatment on it all the time.
That is an ongoing thing and it will be."