Keane to Sunderland?!?!!!

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Surely not.

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Roy to team up with Niall
Source: Evening Echo Sport

Roy Keane has ended his feud with Niall Quinn and could join up with his former Irish team mate at Sunderland.

An Irish consortium, believed to be led by Sean Dunne and Jack Tierney, is set to table a 70 million take-over bid for the club within days. If successful their plans are to install Quinn as chairman with an approach to Keane likely to follow, promising buckets of money to invest in players.

According to the Manchester Evening News today, Keane has already met with Quinn and his investors in Kildare. He is reported to have met with Quinn at a secret meeting hosted at the Kildare Stud Farm owned by developer Sean Mulryan. Keane fell out with his former international colleague during the Saipan debacle four years ago this month and this could be a major stumbling block.

But, with Keane looking to get involved in management or coaching now, that his playing career is over, the idea of him linking up with a club run by Quinn is not as far fetched as first imagined. With plenty of money behind Quinn, Keane would be starting at a club with great potential and plenty of money to buy new players.

Keane, who will be 35 in August, has a year to left to complete his UEFA Pro A Licence, having already gained two coaching badges. The reserve team manager’s job at Old Trafford could also become vacant and Keane’s name would be linked with that position, too.

Keane has always been his own man and he will do what is right for him. He will complete his third coaching badge this Summer and is sure to be open to offers after that. He already turned down a request from Nottingham Forest to become their boss.

Meanwhile, Celtic boss Gordon Strachan has paid tribute to Keane calling him a great influence at the club.

galwaydude

It would be a masterstroke if keane becomes the new manager at sunderland.Roy keane is a living legend.

PHB

HAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAH

Keane working under Quinn

HAHAH

Táck

i dont see any quatations in that paragraph. anyone with a hint of irish in them is linked to that job

sharkman

From Sunderland Football Club News


"Recently retired Roy Keane has been linked with the vacant manager's post at Sunderland, however such an appointment is unlikely should Quinn and his consortium complete their takeover of the club.

The former Manchester United midfielder's recent decision to retire from the game due to a hip problem sparked rumours that he is being lined up by Sunderland's potential new owners to become the new manager on Wearside.

According to the Daily Mail, members of the consortium headed by Niall Quinn are eager to recruit the former Manchester United and Celtic midfielder to lead the new revolution being planned for the Black Cats.

However, while neither Quinn nor Sunderland are able to talk about the rumour due to Stock Exchange rules, it seems very unlikely that Keane will be apppointed should Quinn's consortium prove successful in buying out the club.

Quinn and Keane have not been on the best of terms since the latter's widely publicised spat with Mick McCarthy at the Republic of Ireland camp before the 2002 World Cup. And while Keane is respected in the game due to his dedication and winning attitude, his lack of coaching experience would mean that it would be a massive gamble by any new owners to appoint him as manager.

Martin O'Neill remains the overwhelming choice of fans and, it is believed, is still Quinn's number one choice to succeed Mick McCarthy as permanent Sunderland boss. It has also been rumoured that ex-Reserves coach Ricky Sbragia, now at Bolton, is also in the frame should the takeover succeed."

LizardKing

The word in Mackem land is ... Martin O'Neill is getting this job , on a part-time basis , so he could still care for his sick wife ...

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LizardKing wrote:

The word in Mackem land is ... Martin O'Neill is getting this job , on a part-time basis , so he could still care for his sick wife ...

I can sort of understand people getting International jobs on a part-time basis, but surely this is infeasible due to the day-to-day nature of a club football job?

The Rooster

I was told by a bookmaker (an owner of a small chain) weeks ago that they would be getting O'Neill. He also told me about that one of the consortium members mentioned above was a big backer of the Quinn deal. I happen to know people with very close connections to that person, and they had heard nothing at that time so I dismissed the bookmaker's rumour. But it looks like he was right, in that regard anyway...