Can Roy Keane Take Ipswich To The Premier League?
He’s back. Yes, as most of you would have heard yesterday, Roy Keane is back in football management, taking over at Ipswich and given the remit of getting Ipswich promoted to the Premier League in the duration of his 2-year contract (in essence, getting promoted next season). And if you thought the expectations were high last time around, this time he’s got his own reputation to live up to – a memorable promotion campaign with Sunderland and Premier League survival in his first year in the Premier League. He’s made mistakes – his candid nature ensures that he’s the first one to accept that promotion does not make you a success, winning major trophies does – but his short managerial career has been more about highs than lows. Yes, he walked out on Sunderland after their new American investor wanted Keane to move away from Manchester – not because he wouldn’t move but on principle because he couldn’t accept interference in his work. But on par his career has been successful at Championsh
