Roy Keane makes Sunderland contract claim

Prospective new Sunderland head coach Roy Keane has claimed that he wants to return to management but that the club have to want him and “the contract has to be right”. 

Keane, who took charge of Sunderland between 2006 and 2008, has emerged as the frontrunner to replace Lee Johnson.

Johnson was sacked on Sunday and the Irishman is said to have been interviewed this week and to be the preferred choice to take over.

Keane was a pundit on the ITV coverage of Middlesbrough’s FA Cup victory against Manchester United on Friday evening and was pressed on the rumours surrounding a potential return to the Stadium of Light.