Former teammate urges Manchester United not to consider Roy Keane for job
Manchester United have just suffered their worst season in a lifetime as Ruben Amorim's squad finished close to the relegation zone and lost the Europa League final.
That defeat to Spurs in the European final put the tin hat on a dreadful campaign and many fans and pundits have called for change at Old Trafford, on and off the pitch.
While the ownership have come under heavy fire, the management have not escaped the flak and some have called for Manchester United legends of the past to get involved and try to restore the club to their former glory.
Ireland hero Roy Keane is one of the club's all-time greats, but one of his former teammates has warned that any move to bring Keane back would be unwise.
Manchester United legend Gary Pallister has warned the Red Devils against bringing Roy Keane or Gary Neville in as coaches at Old Trafford.
Keane's management career consisted of spells with Ipswich Town, Sunderland and Ireland. His last official management job was as an assistant manager at Nottingham Forest alongside Martin O'Neill. He left that position in 2019 and has since focused on his work as a pundit, mainly with Sky Sports.
The Cork man helped United achieve sustained success during his 12 years at the club, winning seven Premier League titles, four FA Cups, and the UEFA Champions League but Gary Pallister, a teammate of Keane's from 1991-1998, has said: "I don't think Roy Keane coaching at Man Utd would work".
He added: "'It's the manager's job to motivate players and bringing back a legend would be too gimmicky. Whether that is Roy Keane or Bryan Robson or Gary Neville or whoever.
'It's hard to cross the line from being a pundit into being a coach, they put their ideas across and it's for the players to sometimes prove them wrong," said Pallister, speaking in association with Compare.bet.
Keane has not been shy in his criticism of Amorim and his United players this season and before.
He described the players as 'physically and mentally weak' in a TV rant after humiliating 4-1 defeat at Newcastle.
'(I'm just fed up at) how bad they are,' Keane said recently. 'They're getting on my nerves, they keep talking about a big game next week, they're not even trying. They're a disgrace, an absolute disgrace.'
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