Hamilton says Lafferty’s international career could be over

Billy Hamilton believes Kyle Lafferty’s international career could be over after he withdrew himself from the Northern Ireland national team.

Ahead of NI’s double-header against Austria and Bosnia-Herzegovina, Lafferty opted out of the team which manager Michael O’Neill called “disappointing”, and Hamilton doesn’t believe “there is any way back for him”.

As per the Daily Record, Hamilton said: “I was very disappointed to hear about what happened. Lafferty’s international performances have helped him get the moves he has got in his career and he should be forever grateful to Michael for sticking by him and playing him.

“This is a bit of a kick in the teeth to Michael. Unless there is a really…