Halford profits from Keane’s cruel cut

GREG HALFORD will not be the last player to be discarded by Roy Keane, but it might be the young defender, rather than the Sunderland manager, who has the last laugh this season.

Just five months after moving to Sunderland from Reading for €4.5million, Halford was allowed to join Charlton on loan for the remainder of the campaign.

The 23-year-old was impressive as Alan Pardew’s team drew 2-2 with promotion rivals Watford at the Valley on Saturday, and, with Sunderland fighting for survival in the Premier League, the two clubs could swap divisions in May.