Martin O’Neill: Roy Keane would be 'great fit' for Sunderland

Corkman Keane – who flanked O’Neill in the Ireland and Nottingham Forest jobs – is top of Kyril Louis-Dreyfus’s targets for the vacancy and held talks with Sunderland's sporting director Kristjaan Speakman on Friday.

Roy Keane and Martin O'Neill

Martin O’Neill believes Roy Keane is a “great fit” for Sunderland, admitting his former assistant’s prospective return to the Black Cats is “splendid news”.

Corkman Keane – who flanked O’Neill in the Ireland and Nottingham Forest jobs – is top of Kyril Louis-Dreyfus’s targets for the vacancy and held talks with their sporting director Kristjaan Speakman on Friday.