Dear readers: Get me back in the game, says Roy Keane

Behind all the bonhomie and judicious score-settling, Roy Keane’s books are discreetly aimed at Premier League bosses, says Michael Clifford

IS there less to Roy than meets the eye? There’s certainly no other Irish figure this side of Bono who could have attracted a crowd of upwards of 2,000 for a banal public interview, as Roy Keane did last Wednesday. And even if Bono managed it, a share of the gathering would be present to slag him off, or throw the odd chair at his head.

Not Roy. They descended on the RDS in Dublin from the four corners, materialising out of the Ballsbridge night to hear the truth, as handed down in tablets by this enigmatic sportsman.