The house that Roy Keane built but simply can't score a sale

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17-05-2025

Take a sneak peek around Roy Keane's former Manchester pad that has been on the market for 15 years.
The eight-bedroom property includes a games room, extensive grounds, and there's also a master suite which is dominated by a massive four-poster bed with mirrors on the ceiling.
15 years after it first hit the market, Roy Keane still hasn't shifted his former Manchester mansion despite knocking €3.5 million off the asking price. Roy Keane watching a football match in his sitting room with former Arsenal striker Ian Wright. Pic: Roy Keane/Instagram
In 2005, for around £3.2m, ex-Man United midfielder Keane and his wife Theresa bought the 1.2-acre plot where they built a sprawling eight-bed property in upmarket Hale for around £3.2m
But in 2010, the house hit the market with an asking price of just under €10million.
But despite dropping the price of the house, Keane still can't find a buyer to take the pad off his hands. Keane bought the property when he was playing for Manchester United. Pic: Roy Keane/Instagram
Cork native Keane bought Chantry Dane in the footballer's enclave of South Sale Drive back when he was playing for Manchester United.
Notoriously private, the property is protected from onlookers by the tall trees that line the leafy cul-de-sac, supported by dense mature shrubs.
The extensive grounds provide the home with a countryside manor, rather than a suburban house and feature an outdoor swimming pool with an independent pool house and tennis courts set amongst the landscaping. The house is nestled among trees and expansive greenery. Pic: Roy Keane/Instagram
There's also a three-car garage and a separate annexe included.
But the real coup de gars of Keano's former love east has to be the enormous 28' x 25' master bedroom with en suite, dressing rooms and a four-poster bed with what appears to be a mirrored ceiling.
Aside from the master bedroom, there are seven more bedrooms which all appear to be decorated with various tones of brown. Roy Keane has shared images of his swimming pool and pool-house on social media. Pic: Roy Keane/Instagram
There are brown leather sofas, brown rugs, brown cushions, brown bathrooms, brown doors, brown bed linen and brown baths on show.
There's also a full-size snooker in the games room, a gigantic screen and in the kitchen, there is a bald AGA cooker and range for scrambling up some home-cooked grub. The house is still on the market. Pic: Roy Keane/Instagram
But despite the four-poster bed, the mirrors on the ceilings, the Aga and the swimming pool, Keane simply can't sell the house, and it is still on the market for anyone with deep pockets and a penchant for brown furnishings.