Wednesday 18 November 2015 10:57, UK
Republic of Ireland assistant manager Roy Keane has said he wants to return to club management after Euro 2016 and will sit down with his boss Martin O'Neill to discuss his future in the coming weeks.
Ireland beat Bosnia 2-0 on Monday to qualify for their second successive European finals, and O'Neill hailed Keane's importance to the team after the game, describing the former Manchester United midfielder as "an iconic figure that polarises opinion, but not in the dressing room".
The former Ireland captain has managed at Sunderland and Ipswich Town in the past and is hoping to get another chance following the European Championship finals in France next summer.
"I'm going to meet with Martin over the next couple of weeks. He knows that I still have that ambition to get back into club management," Keane said.
"I'm not really one for networking or applying for jobs, but I'm enjoying my role here. I certainly want to stay on for the Euros, then we'll play it by ear.
"I'm planning to meet the manager just to have a chat, to see where he stands, but I think that Martin knows I have that ambition to get back in the ring. Stuff has come up, but I've always been very focused on the job. We'll have a look at that again in the next couple of months.
"Will this get me back in the window? I don't know, but I'm loving my role with Ireland. It's been everything I hoped it would be and I've been learning a lot from Martin."
