Roy Keane spent the best years of his playing career at Liverpool’s arch rivals Manchester United – winning a host of major honours before transitioning to punditry.
Ex-Manchester United captain Roy Keane has disclosed his intention to live abroad over the next few years. Keane, whose glittering career was largely spent under Sir Alex Ferguson at United, clinched numerous prestigious awards.
His controversial exit in 2005 led him to Celtic – his final club following an impressive start to his professional life at Nottingham Forest. After hanging up his boots in the summer of 2006, Keane turned his hand to management with stints at Sunderland and Ipswich Town.
Since leaving Portman Road in January 2011, the now pundit covers football for ITV and Sky Sports. A regular face on The Overlap, Keane, while filming the show’s recent ‘On Tour’ episode in Turin, confided to Jamie Carragher, Ian Wright and Gary Neville about pondering a move overseas in the near future.
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“In the next couple of years, I reckon I will be moving abroad… putting it out there,” he revealed to the trio. When queried by Liverpool hero Carragher about a potential location, Keane quipped: “Do you know what, Switzerland, maybe? Switzerland is beautiful.”
Speaking last August, Keane had also mentioned plans to bow out of the punditry scene within the next decade. Speaking candidly on the Stick to Football podcast, brought to you by Sky Bet, he shared his mixed feelings about the beautiful game.
“I love football, but the hassle of matches, getting to games, and the hassle of fans – I was in court a few months ago with somebody head-butting me – do you think I enjoy that side of it? Absolutely not,” he said.
“The games are fine. Getting to the games, parking up, people shouting your name – good stuff, bad stuff – that’s a nuisance. Being a pundit in 10 years, no.”
