Roy Keane on thin ice when he talks about loyalty to the manager

IF ROY Keane ever gives up football management then a brilliant career as a controversial TV pundit beckons.

Amid all the blather that followed England’s exit from the World Cup, Keane did not sit on the fence or offer banalities when asked for comment.

The former Irish soccer captain — now trying to re-establish his managerial career at Ipswich Town, having apparently lost the confidence of his players at Sunderland because of his mercurial man-management methods — leapt to the defence of England manager Fabio Capello this week.