Roy Keane: Gabby Agbonlahor warns Sunderland not to appoint Man Utd legend as boss

Manchester United legend Roy Keane could be on the verge of a sensational return to management with Sunderland.

The 50-year-old Irishman quit as boss of the Black Cats more than 13 years ago and hasn’t held a head coaching role of any kind since being sacked by Ipswich Town in January 2011.

Despite his long absence between managerial posts, a report from the Daily Mail states that Keane is due to meet with Sunderland sporting director Kristjaan Speakman and owner Kyril Louis-Dreyfus about the vacancy – which was created when previous boss Lee Johnson was dismissed at the end of last month.

Although Keane has become most famous in recent times for his outspoken punditry, the former Republic of Ireland captain has occupied a variety of assistant manager posts since he departed Portman Road.

In one such role, Keane spent just shy of five months working alongside Paul Lambert at Aston Villa.

Former England international forward Gabby Agbonlahor was part of the Villa squad that Keane helped coach between July and November 2014 – and it’s far to say that the frontman was not impressed with what he saw.

“The problem with Roy Keane was that when he came to Aston Villa, he couldn’t understand that we weren’t as good as the players he played with,” Agbonlahor revealed during a recent appearance on talkSPORT.

“He couldn’t accept that we weren’t going to be as good as Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes, David Beckham and those players.”

The ex-Villa man also expressed doubts as to whether Keane’s coaching style would work with modern day players.

“Just his way of coaching, it wasn’t the right method for players nowadays, for players when he was at Aston Villa.

“The way he spoke to players. There were times when there were quite experienced