Source: Daily_Mail
Tractor Roy: Keane back in business after shock return to management at Ipswich
Roy Keane will today be named manager of Ipswich Town and givenmassive funds to take the club back to the Barclays Premier League.[LNB]The Portman Road hierarchy wanted a new man in place for the final two games ofthe season after sacking Jim Magilton yesterday.[LNB]Keane's box-office appeal, together with a track record of winningthe Championship, which he achieved with Sunderland two ears ago, madehim the choice of Ipswich owner Marcus Evans and new chief executiveSimon Clegg.[LNB] Back in the firing line: Keane is set to spearhead Ipswich's promotion charge next season[LNB]Last night, 37-year-old Keane accepted Ipswich's offer after being given assurancesthat he will be allowed the freedom to do the job his own way, without interference from the board. [LNB]After quitting Sunderland just before Christmas, Keane complainedthat Ellis Short, the club's majority shareholder, had meddled in teammatters. [LNB]Keane, who will move from Cheshire to East Anglia, might be alarmed by the way his new employers handled the departure of Magilton, given that Evans sacked him over the phone yesterday. [LNB]Magilton, 39, had been manager at Portman Road almost three yearsand paid the price for failing to make the play-offs this seasondespite significant investment in the squad. [LNB]Now Keane will have the task of deciding which of the 15 players out of contract in the summer will be awarded a new deal.[LNB]Clegg, the former chief executive of the British Olympic Associationwho only took up his post on Monday, said: 'We want a winner. We havebeen speaking to a number of people with proven track records.' [LNB]Magilton's No 2 John Gorman, the former England assistant manager, has also left.[LNB] Sacked: Magilton (left) and John Gorman left Portman Road yesterday[LNB] About a Roy: From United hero to stepping down at Sunderland - and back again? The highs and lows of KeaneLet's hope Ipswich have got deep pockets - Sportsmail's verdict on the £80m Sunderland transfer record of Roy KeaneRoy Keane emerges as prime candidate to replace Jim Magilton after Ipswich sack boss for failing to secure play-off spot[LNB]Bryan Klug, first-team coach under Magilton, was yesterday put in temporary charge but Keane may step in for Saturday's trip to Cardiff and Ipswich's last game of the season at home to Coventry on May 3.[LNB]Tony Loughlan, who was part of Keane's Sunderland staff, is expected to rejoin himat Ipswich.[LNB]After leaving Sunderland, Keane made it clear that he would not work anywhere without a large degree of autonomy. 'It started with a demand to know where I had been the previous day, that he wanted me available at all times,' Keane saidearlier this year about the conversations with Short which preceded his departure from the Stadium of Light.[LNB] Autonomy: Keane will insist on a level of independence after his experiences at Sunderland[LNB]'It was a disappointment. Then there were accusations about how often I came in, about moving my family up. And it was the tone.[LNB]'At United, I finished and I knew I was just an employee to them. At Sunderland it was the same. I left and people came out saying Roy's gone and we're all more relaxed.[LNB]'It was them and me. The United experience helped me. It didn't upset me, what happened at Sunderland. It was a business decision. Even for me I suppose it was a business decision. I couldn't give my heart and soul with this fella on my shoulder.'[LNB] About a Roy: From United hero to stepping down at Sunderland - and back again? The highs and lows of KeaneLet's hope Ipswich have got deep pockets - Sportsmail's verdict on the £80m Sunderland transfer record of Roy KeaneRoy Keane emerges as prime candidate to replace Jim Magilton after Ipswich sack boss for failing to secure play-off spot[LNB]
