Roy Keane no longer in running for Sunderland job after parties fail to come to agreement | Football News

Roy Keane is no longer in the running for the vacant Sunderland manager’s job, after the two parties could not come to an agreement.

The League One club were extremely interested in Keane returning to club after sacking Lee Johnson following a 6-0 loss at Bolton.

Keane was in charge at Sunderland from 2006 to 2008, the former Manchester United and Republic of Ireland midfielder’s first managerial role.

He guided the club to promotion as Championship title-winners in his first season in the job, and then a 15th-placed Premier League finish in the following campaign before resigning in December 2008.

Keane has been out of management since being sacked by Ipswich Town in 2011 but has subsequently had stints on the coaching staff of the Republic of Ireland, Aston Villa and Nottingham Forest, and worked as a television pundit.

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