Keane has not worked as a manager or coach since being sacked by Ipswich Town in January 2011, but the apparently imminent appointment of O’Neill to the Ireland job will offer him a route back into football.
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Both men have had a few ups and downs in their managerial career to this point – O’Neill’s low points far outweighed by the highs – but together, can they help Ireland become greater than the sum of their parts or will it all end in tears?
POLL: Would Roy Keane and Martin O'Neill make a good management team?
ROY KEANE IS close to a stunning return to the Irish national team as assistant to Martin O’Neill, according to various reports tonight.
Keane has not worked as a manager or coach since being sacked by Ipswich Town in January 2011, but the apparently imminent appointment of O’Neill to the Ireland job will offer him a route back into football.
Both men have had a few ups and downs in their managerial career to this point – O’Neill’s low points far outweighed by the highs – but together, can they help Ireland become greater than the sum of their parts or will it all end in tears?
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