Euro 2016 finals may be Robbie Keane’s swansong

Robbie Keane has hinted for the first time that, should Ireland reach the Euro 2016 finals, the tournament could well mark his international swansong.

“If we get there it will be great for me,” he said yesterday, “and to finish off on that would be fantastic.”

Pressed as to whether this meant he could see himself playing his last games for Ireland in France next summer, the record-breaking striker replied: “Maybe, yeah, possibly. It’s not guaranteed but there is certainly a chance that that would be the case.”