Rodgers linked to Keane assistant role
Keane is looking for a deputy after a disappointing first full season at Portman Road. The Ipswich manager says he has a number of names in mind, with Rodgers understood to be very much a front runner: “I’ll be looking to bring in an assistant manager over the next few months and I’ve got one or two people in mind for that, so changes will be made in the backroom staff.”
Keane and Rodgers met while studying for their coaching badges with the Northern Irishman revealing that he has a lot of time for the Ipswich boss before his Reading side faced the Tractor Boys back in November: “We struck up a relationship when we did our UEFA Pro Licence together and that has carried on.