Roy return would thrill fans

As Manchester United’s players yesterday jogged through their first training session in the aftermath of David Moyes’ sacking under the tuition of some familiar faces, the sceptre of another — one Roy Maurice Keane — was hovering over the Carrington training ground.

Whether or not they played alongside the Irishman prior to his controversial Old Trafford exit in 2005, the current crop was squarely blamed by the former club captain on Tuesday night for the exit earlier that morning of Moyes.

That Keane may become part of the rescue remedy United’s board have in mind through his placement on the managerial ticket at the request of favourite Louis van Gaal, will no doubt have some of them fearing the worst, at a time their futures at the club are in jeopardy anyway.