After months of speculation following poor results Roy Keane was sacked as the Manager of Ipswich Town on 7th January 2011. As well as Town he is the former Manager of Sunderland FC and the former captain of Manchester United. Keane is considered one of the best players to ever play in the Premier League and won countless trophies under Sir Alex Ferguson at Old Trafford during his playing career.

Keane started his playing days in his native Ireland before being picked up by the legendary Brian Clough to play for Nottingham Forest in 1990. He impressed everyone at The City Ground and did enough to impress Manchester United who bought the tough tackling midfielder in 1993 and he would go onto become an Old Trafford legend.

Achievements

Keane won a plethora of medals as a player at Man Utd, including 7 Premier League titles, 4 FA Cups and a Champions League trophy.

His first managerial role came at Championship side Sunderland. In his first season in side Keane took the club from the relegation to promotion to the Premier League, and as a result he was named as the Championship Manager of the Year. The following season he kept them up with a 15th place finish. In December 2009 he resigned after the club’s poor start to the season.

In April 2009 he was appointed manager of Ipswich Town. The next season the club failed to win any of their first 14 games, with their first win coming right at the end of October. They ended up finishing the season 15th in the Championship after drawing a shed load of games. Keane was sacked in January 2011.

Job Prospects

Last April Keane was linked with a move to Australian club Sydney FC but nothing ever came of it. He is taking a break at the moment and is only likely to return to a Championship or Premier League club.

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