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<\/p>\nRoy Keane\u2019s managerial career has been short and sweet until this point, with the Manchester United treble-winning captain not taking charge of a side for over ten years now. <\/p>\n
Keane retired in 2006 after a trophy-laden career and only months later walked into the managerial hot seat at Sunderland \u2013 who had just been relegated from the Premier League with a then-record low points tally of 15.<\/p>\n
Despite his inexperience, Keane incredibly took over at the Stadium of Light from chairman and manager Quinn, who had won just one of the club\u2019s opening five Championship games, to win 16 out of 20 games at the end of the season to win the league and return an unfancied Black Cats back to the Premier League at the first time of asking.<\/p>\n
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Niall Quinn exclusively told Ladbrokes Fanzone that Keane changed the \u2018culture in the city\u2019 such was his impact at the club, he said: \u201cIs Roy Keane a phone call away from me these days? No, definitely not, although that's not a good or a bad thing, I must say! I don't get to see him; I'm not at games the way I used to be.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut looking back on my relationship with him, and particularly his time at Sunderland, I say this: He didn't just change the culture in our dressing room, he changed the culture in the city of Sunderland. That's how big a job he did, and that's why I'll always say the man is box office. Always was, and always will be.<\/p>\n
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\u201cI just remember so fondly how he turned the dressing room inside out, and how he got a winning mentality back into a dressing room that had just come off a season where they had the worst points total ever, in the history of the Premier League. Relegated with a shockingly low points total. There were 13 players when we got there; to turn that side into Championship winners inside nine months… it was just incredible.<\/p>\n
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\u201cRoy brought something very special to the table, and I'm always going to be indebted to him for that, as are the group of people who owned the club at the time. It was an amazing performance from a young man who'd never managed before, but at the same time it wasn't a surprise, because we're talking about a man with a ferocious appetite for success, and for wanting to do well.\u201d<\/p>\n
Quinn added that Keane was working at a level at Sunderland which some of the club\u2019s hierarchy couldn\u2019t understand, he added: \u201cI understand his desire to win was at a level which some of us couldn't even understand; the ferociousness of it, and that desire to drive us. We're all built a bit different, but I've never come across anything or anyone quite like Roy, when it came to getting a result. Every time. His attitude is just exemplary.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Keane resigned as Sunderland boss with them in the Premier League relegation zone in December 2008 having guided them to safety the season before. He later took charge at Ipswich Town but to limited success and was sacked in 2011. Keane has since only taken up assistant manager roles at Ireland, Aston Villa and Nottingham Forest.<\/p>\n