Keane to return if McCarthy gets job

ROY KEANE will make a quick return to the Irish team if Mick McCarthy leaves to take the manager’s job at Sunderland.

A source close to Keane reiterated last night the Manchester United captain’s desire to return to international duty, provided McCarthy goes.

In an interview last month, Keane said he’d only resume his international career if a new manager was in place. “Even if I was to go back as a player there’d have to be a new manager who could reassure me things are going to be done properly,” Keane said.