Tommy Martin: Robbie Keane doesn't want to get into politics, but politics got into him

It says something about the controversy generated by Keane’s time in charge of Maccabi that his new job is seen as a chance to rehabilitate his image.

Robbie Keane unveiled as Ferencváros manager. Pic: Ferencváros.

As a purely football man, Robbie Keane won’t have noticed that his coaching career has followed a certain theme.

It will have escaped his attention that ATK of the Indian Premier League, Israeli side Maccabi Tel Aviv and his new Hungarian outfit, Ferencvaros, all ply their trade in states where, in football parlance, the gaffer is a bit old school.