Robbie Keane faces Middlesbrough exit as club sack boss Jonathan Woodgate

Keane, who was part of Mick McCarthy's Republic of Ireland management team, has now gone from a situation where he had two posts to none in the space of less than three months

Robbie Keane's time as Middlesbrough assistant manager looks to be over with the news that top man Jonathan Woodgate has been relieved of his duties at the struggling Championship club and replaced by Neil Warnock.

Chairman Steve Gibson's move to dispense with Woodgate was announced in a club statement on Tuesday morning and, while there was no immediate mention of Keane or the rest of the management team, new managers invariably bring in their own lieutenants.