Mackem hero Hurley backs ‘strong’ Keane

SUNDERLAND legend Charlie Hurley has backed manager Roy Keane to take the club into Europe.

Hurley, now 72, is still known as the ‘King’ on Wearside and was voted the best player of the club’s first century by fans who regard him as arguably the best centre-half the world has seen.

He, like Keane, was born in Cork, and he believes the current manager, with the support of chairman Niall Quinn and his Drumaville consortium, can establish the club in the upper reaches of the Barclays Premier League table.