Keane for the long haul

Martin O’Neill will this morning have an opportunity to bring clarity to the latest developments involving Roy Keane, when the Ireland manager addresses the media for the first time since his assistant confounded expectations by ruling himself out of the opportunity to manage Celtic.

O’Neill is scheduled to speak after a morning training session in Gannon Park in Malahide, before the Irish squad, with the Corkman firmly on board, fly out to New York this afternoon to begin the last leg of their summer programme.

Keane, however, will not now be clocking up as many air miles as originally thought over the next few weeks.