Keane tips top League of Ireland stars to move on

IPSWICH TOWN manager Roy Keane says it would be no surprise if English lower division clubs moved for some of the League of Ireland’s top stars during the January transfer window.

Keane himself has already signed Bohemians keeper Brian Murphy on a free transfer, which will be formalised when the window opens, while he brought Colin Healy to Portman Road from Cork City in the summer.

The former Ireland skipper says there are more than a few players capable of playing in the levels immediately below the Premier League and, with a number of Irish clubs currently in crisis, anticipates seeing some of them moving to England in the new year: “I wouldn’t say I was expecting loads, but I wouldn’t be surprised.