The Roy Keane and Celtic manager talks that show Hibs must roll out the red carpet to land Manchester United icon

He's come close to managing in Scotland before — and Roy Keane 's links to Hibs are rapidly gathering pace.

The bookies continue to slash the odds on the outspoken Irishman replacing Shaun Maloney, but Ron Gordon and Ben Kensell might have a tough job sealing the deal.

That's if Keane's exchanges with Dermot Desmond and Peter Lawwell at Celtic are anything to go by.

Writing in his autobiography, The Second Half, Keane revealed he was on the verge of taking the top job at Celtic Park back in 2014 before Ronny Deila was appointed.

Keane, who was working as Martin O'Neill's assistant at Ireland at the time, confessed he turned down the opportunity after Celtic failed to make him feel wanted.

The Sky Sports pundit, who played for Celtic in a brief six month stint in 2006, appears to be interested in the Easter Road hot seat, but the board may have to go the extra miles to get a move over the line.

The Manchester United icon noted issues with the final package put on the table at Celtic before they turned to the Norwegian boss.

Keane wrote in his autobiography: "Celtic wanted me but they weren’t showing how much they wanted me.

"I got a call: would I go and have a chat with Dermot Desmond? I’d met him once before, in 2005, when I was signing to play for Celtic.

"I met him for a cup of tea. It was in the middle of an international week, in Dublin.

"At the end of the chat, he said: 'The job is yours'. It was all pretty straightforward. There would be one or two restrictions, about staff. They had already picked the man who would be my assistant and they were insisting on him.

"It didn’t scare me off but it did get me thinking. It wasn’t an ideal start. Were they doubting me already?

"I came back to the team hotel and