Ferguson wants Keane for another five years

MANCHESTER UNITED boss Sir Alex Ferguson wants influential captain Roy Keane to stay at Old Trafford for another five years.

The Irishman has recently returned to action after a troubled year which saw him walk out of Ireland's World Cup campaign, suffer a record fine and five-match ban after controversial comments in his autobiography and finally have to undergo a hip operation which kept him on the sidelines for four months.

During his absence, there had been suggestions that Keane's off-field problems outweighed his contribution on the field and also that his captaincy of the club could be under threat.