Keane takes first step to coaching

ROY KEANE has revealed he has taken the first tentative steps towards becoming a coach, but the 31-year-old Manchester United midfielder is keen to stress he wants to play for at least another three years.

Keane says he has spoken to Steve McClaren now Middlesbrough's manager after a spell as assistant at Old Trafford about the coaching road he needs to take.

"Being 32 in August, you start to think of these things," said Keane. "If you had asked me two years ago about management, I would have told you it wasn't even on my mind.