Roy Keane named as Aston Villa's assistant manager

Roy Keane has been named as Aston Villa's new assistant manager and will combine the role with his post as Martin O'Neill's No 2 for the Republic of Ireland.
The 42-year-old will work alongside Paul Lambert at Villa Park and said he was 'relishing the prospect' of combining the two roles.
'I am delighted to be joining Aston Villa and I look forward to what promises to be an exciting challenge,' Keane said in a statement released by Villa on Tuesday afternoon.

'I am grateful to both Villa and the Football Association of Ireland for making this happen and I would like also to thank Martin O'Neill.
'I am relishing the prospect of linking up with Paul Lambert and combining both roles to the full advantage of both Villa and Ireland'.
Keane will begin his new job ahead of the Villa squad's return to pre-season training on Monday.
Lambert said he was looking forward to Keane's input as Villa bid to improve on last season's miserable 15th place finish in the Barclays Premier League.
The manager said: 'Roy has a great knowledge of football, on the coaching side as well, and he'll be a great asset and a big help to everybody here at Aston Villa Football Club,' Lambert said.
'I'm really looking forward to working with him and I'm delighted that he's here.
'As a player, he was one of the most accomplished in the history of the Barclays Premier League and he's brought that experience gained over many years into his career in coaching and management. The players will love working with him.
'Although we never played together, we competed against one another and he's someone for whom I have a lot of time and respect. He has worked under some great managers, some of the most successful in the game, and he'll be a great help to myself as well.

'Roy brought Sunderland up out of the Championship and into the Premier League, he gained further experience at Ipswich - where we were close rivals while I was manager at Norwich - and he's now working at international level as assistant manager with the Republic of Ireland.
'All of that experience and knowledge along with the qualities he has as a longstanding, leading professional in the game means he will bring a lot to the table. We're delighted to have him here.'
Lambert's coaching staff was significantly depleted last season when assistant Ian Culverhouse and football operations manager Gary Karsa were suspended and then sacked for unspecified disciplinary reasons.
The former Sunderland and Ipswich manager returned to the game in November last year when O'Neill offered him the opportunity to return to the international fold.

Source:DailyMail