Roy Keane to hold talks with Sunderland about vacant managerial job after sacking of Lee Johnson - reports

Sunderland are set to interview Roy Keane as they step up their search for a new manager. Keane managed the Black Cats from 2006-08 and has always retained an affinity for the club and the area, with the feeling mutual from many fans. Ad/> And after the sacking of Lee Johnson last weekend following Sunderland's 6-0 drubbing by Bolton, owner Kyril Louis-Dreyfus is making moves to fill the gap.

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“I spoke to a Championship club [in May last year]. It was very casual, it was at my house, and I had a chat with the chairman. And to be fair, he was straight up, he went, ‘Listen, we just want somebody who can come in and win football matches’.

“That was fine with me, I didn’t have to break down styles of play. And I think if you’re winning matches, people don’t then question, ‘What’s your style of play?’ «You just bounce into the next match, don’t you? And we did it as players.” Keane also discussed his affinity for Sunderland in his book ‘The Second Half’, published in 2014: »I didn’t resign or walk out," he said. «I said I couldn’t work with