Assistant’s desire to become main man remains undimmed

Beyond the colourful anecdotes and attention-grabbing headlines, there is plenty of nuance to be found in Roy Keane’s new book.

And from an Irish perspective, one of the more interesting passages concerns Keane’s original take on a well-documented distinction between managing at club and country level.

“A lot of people decide not to go international football because you don’t get to work with the players that much and that’s fine,” he writes. “But I think that can actually be a hindrance, spending too much time in their company.”