Keane set to be appointed Town boss

Ipswich Town are poised to name former Sunderland manager Roy Keane as their new manager in succession to Jim Magilton, who was sacked three days after he had masterminded a 3-2 derby victory over the Canaries.

Ipswich Town are poised to name former Sunderland manager Roy Keane as their new manager in succession to Jim Magilton, who was sacked three days after he had masterminded a 3-2 derby victory over the Canaries.

Keane has been out of football since December 2008, when he suprisingly stood down as Sunderland manager after two and a half seasons in which he had taken them into the Premier League and then managed to keep them in it.