Manchester United hero Roy Keane tipped for shock return to management in Scottish football

ROY KEANE has been tipped for a stunning instrumentality to shot absorption - successful Scotland.

The Manchester United fable has been moving full-time arsenic a pundit with Sky Sports and ITV since his past coaching relation ended 5 years ago.

Keane, 53, was past successful the dugout arsenic adjunct to Martin O'Neill astatine Nottingham Forest.

He near that presumption successful June 2019 and hasn't been successful absorption since.

Prior to that, helium had a five-year stint with the Republic of Ireland nationalist squad arsenic a coach, assisting O'Neill.

Keane besides had a little spell arsenic Paul Lambert's No2 astatine Aston Villa successful 2014 but near to absorption connected his relation with Ireland.

He has had 2 front-line managerial roles himself, spending two-and-a-half-years successful complaint astatine Sunderland from betwixt 2006 and 2008 and conscionable nether 2 years arsenic brag of Ipswich from April 2009 to January 2011.

Now, he's being mentioned arsenic a imaginable next manager of Hibs.

The Edinburgh nine appointed David Gray arsenic the antheral to win Nick Montgomery connected a imperishable basis, aft a play arsenic interim manager.

But the Hibees person struggled mightily this play and spell into this Sunday's Edinburgh derby rock bottommost of the Premiership table.

Speculation has mounted that Gray could beryllium sacked aft different atrocious effect and according to Gambling.com, erstwhile Man Utd and Celtic midfielder Keane is the starring contender.

Also priced up by odds-makers are St Mirren's Stephen Robinson - though helium is acceptable to motion an hold with the nine - and Scott Brown, the Celtic fable who is presently managing Ayr United.

A spokesperson for Gambling.com said: "Roy Keane has made nary concealed of his tendency to get backmost into management, having been retired of the dugout since leaving Ipswich 13 years ago.

"The erstwhile Celtic midfielder has besides been linked with Hibernian successful the past. In 2022, helium was reportedly keen to regenerate Shaun Maloney astatine Easter Road.

"Nothing came of the speculation, but Keane is presently the 7/4 favourite to beryllium Hibernian’s adjacent manager."

Keep up to day with ALL the latest quality and transfers astatine the Scottish Sun shot page