Ireland job a perfect fit for Roy Keane if curtain comes down on Martin O’Neill era

Maybe Keane’s time at both Ipswich and Sunderland hasn’t been so much tainted as forgotten, writes Kieran Shannon.

In all the speculation linking Martin O’Neill with a string of Premier League managerial vacancies — the latest, Stoke City — it has been somewhat lost and somewhat telling how little speculation there was linking Roy Keane as a possible candidate for the recent opening at his old club Nottingham Forest.

Although in the lead-up to the play-offs against Denmark Keane batted away any talk about a return to club management — understandably so, because of the imminent Danish challenge and the prospect of a World Cup in Russia — he has generally made no secret of his desire to again be trusted with a gig as a number one.