As he readies himself to face the English, O'Shea admits that he never really considered the implications of such scenarios.
He told reporters: "No, not at all.
"Look, it's one of them - it's a focus on us, the players that are here, the players that want to be here. It's as simple as that.
"He's not here, he's in the England squad so you can't keep talking about it."