Pressure continues to mount on the Ireland boss, with the Boys in Green currently fourth in their Euro 2024 qualifying group
Roy Keane has been backed to replace Stephen Kenny as Republic of Ireland manager by Kenny Cunningham.It remains to be seen if Kenny will still be in charge of Ireland for their double header with Greece and Gibraltar next month, with the FAI expected to make a decision on the ex-Dundalk manager's future very soon, although they have not yet scheduled an emergency board meeting.
He told Off The Ball: “I think Roy is an option. I’ve seen Roy – not kind of change a little bit – but in terms of media persona…I don’t watch Sky…I don't have it to be honest with you... I don’t see a huge amount of Roy, but I’ve seen enough in terms of how he’s presenting himself, how he’s interacting with people and people love it.
“We seen a bit of that when he was a player and he's great when he opens himself up. He’s smart, he’s funny, he can carry a room with him, people gravitate towards him, the dressing room, players, teammates…so he has that for me and maybe he’s opened himself up to that a little bit more in the last five years.
“We all change, we all grow old, perspective changes, family, grandkids, the whole thing, so maybe there’s an argument to be made that now as a manager with the right staff around him. “We spoke about skilled coaches who can actually do the work and him being in the mindset now where rather than look at these players and think ‘ugh, I’m not too sure’, [he can tell his coaches] ‘off you go, this is what I want, you roll that out on the training pitch for me’, get that happy balance, get those talented people around him on his coaching staff.
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