Former Ireland star Robbie Keane continues his unconventional managerial journey, taking the helm at Hungarian giants Ferencvaros. After leading Maccabi Tel Aviv to a domestic double, Keane faces high expectations at a club with a dominant history and substantial financial resources.
Gavin Cooney IF THERE IS a traditional route for the ex-pro moving into management, Robbie Keane is not walking it.
Keane proved his willingness to travel far further than precedent demanded in signing for LA Galaxy at only 31, and he both ended his playing days and started his coaching career in India. Advertisement For Keane, it will be a case of first being first and second being nowhere: Ferencvaros not winning the Hungarian title would be viewed in a similar light to Bayern Munich not winning the Bundesliga, or Dinamo Zagreb failing to win a Croatian league title.
Keane also has a chance to get an effective pre-season with his players: he is now heading to Spain to lead a training camp ahead of those European games. The Hungarian league is on a winter break, and resumes in February. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban is a football fanatic who has used the sport to further his own political aims, speaking of restoring Hungarian football to its former glories in the timbre of the populist leader seeking to return to a supposedly happier, more prosperous past.
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