O’Neill to add Keane edge

The sight of Martin O’Neill and Roy Keane standing shoulder to shoulder in the Irish dugout is no longer the preserve of fantasy football.

O’Neill is all set to be named as the next manager of the Republic of Ireland — and, in sensational news that will capture the imagination of the Irish sporting public, he will have Keane at his side as his assistant.

O’Neill met with a senior official of the FAI in London this week, and it was this meeting which caused the surge in bets which prompted a number of bookmakers to suspend betting on the Derry man as the next manager of the Republic of Ireland.

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