Roy Keane says spell as Martin O’Neill’s Ireland assistant ‘highlight of career’

Roy Keane has described his five years as Republic of Ireland manager Martin O’Neill’s assistant as “the highlight of my career”.

The former Ireland skipper won seven Premier League titles, the Champions League, the Intercontinental Cup and four FA Cups as a Manchester United player, and guided Sunderland to promotion to the top flight in his first managerial role.

However, Keane has revealed his time working as his country’s assistant manager between 2013 and 2018, during which the Republic qualified for the Euro 2016 finals, where they famously beat Italy to reach the last 16, brought him as much pleasure as anything.

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