Will Martin O’Neill bring the best out of Roy Keane?

So it's official. Two men from opposite ends of Ireland have been tasked with working together to deliver Irish soccer to new heights. In this article Kieran Shannon asks if the Martin O'Neill and Roy Keane combination is destined for success.

In his time performing miracles at Leicester City, Martin O’Neill was known to remark with a grin to more than one of his players, “I saved you from the mire, you know!”

Muzzy Izzet couldn’t get a game in three years at Chelsea ahead of such modest midfield names as Peacock and Newton, yet O’Neill could see something in him from personally scouting numerous Chelsea reserve games. Within six years Izzet was a Leicester legend, had played in three Wembley finals for O’Neill and a World Cup semi-final for Turkey.