Former Blues boss Roy Keane is in the running to become the new national coach of Iceland, according to reports in their newspapers this morning. Keane has been out of work since being sacked by Town in January.

The 40-year-old, who was in action for Manchester United at the Masters Grand Final yesterday, is said to have already held talks with the Icelandic FA and is set to watch Tuesday’s Euro 2012 qualifier against Cyprus in Reykjavik.

Former Crystal Palace and Reading boss Steve Coppell and ex-Sweden manager Lars Lagerbäck have also been linked with the position currently occupied by Ólafur Jóhannesson but who leaves the role next month.

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RetroBlue added 10:12 - Sep 5 Iceland eh ! Wonder who's being frozen out now ?
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mugsykets added 10:15 - Sep 5 That's it! I'm never buying fish fingers from there again ~ I'm going to Aldi in future.
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christjant added 10:20 - Sep 5 lol keano! good luck and hope you get paid more then 1 quid a week in that economic condition. 10 quid is fair.
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fourth added 10:23 - Sep 5 Well. Not being responsible for day-to-day development work with the players might be the ideal solution for RK
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yun added 10:29 - Sep 5 @Fourth - and at least he can't blow their transfer budget on donkeys...
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TheWizardDeVos added 10:29 - Sep 5 That's why bums go to Iceland
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OnlyOneSirBobby added 10:46 - Sep 5 oh how the mighty have fallen
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OneBobbyRobson added 10:48 - Sep 5 Surely he's a bit too firey for the Iceland job...
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BotesdaleBlue added 10:52 - Sep 5 Just seeing his face again makes me cringe
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robdaful added 10:55 - Sep 5 With his eruptive temper he will fit in well.
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CreamCrazy added 10:59 - Sep 5 The Iceman Cometh, better hope he doesn't become like Eyjafjallajökull & cause widespread problems for all concerned.
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Tractorog added 11:13 - Sep 5 Poor people... even the joy of watching good entertaining football will be denied them.
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cornishnick added 11:14 - Sep 5 Ha! ha! ha! ha! ha! ha! ha! ha! ha! ha! ha! ha! ha! ha! ha! ha! ha! ha! ha! ha! ha! ha! ha! ha! ha! Sorry. ha! ha! ha! ha! ha! ha! ha! ha! ha! ha! ha! ha! ha! ha! ha! ha!
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broomfield123 added 11:20 - Sep 5 bless him. Even the irish dont want him
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nitroblue added 11:53 - Sep 5 Perfect job for him.....no promotion to be concerned about(or relegation)...no transfer budget to blow....no player development to stunt....(unless he takes the under 21s too).....the only problem i can see is that their are no trees in Iceland so what are the dogs gonna pee up?
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DiamondGezzer added 12:11 - Sep 5 Buy one get one free. An opening for Mr. Leadbitter if he doesn't pull his socks up.
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Lathers added 12:15 - Sep 5 Presumably he knows he has to work with the players that the Country has to offer and can't pick up the phone to Steve Bruce to see if he has any rejects available?! Probably a good move for him as he can always blame the lack of quality players available to him when they finish bottom of the qualification group, plus he can't really afford another club failure or he'd be finished.

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Fatboy added 12:15 - Sep 5 He's been out in the cold for too long ;-)
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broomfield123 added 12:28 - Sep 5 he may get frost bite
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Bluetone added 12:35 - Sep 5 Iceland perfect job for him - - - shelf stacking.
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BlueVelvet added 12:37 - Sep 5 he'd be monkey to even go for it - a dead end job
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BlackandBlue added 12:41 - Sep 5 Good luck to the man. It didn't work out for him here, but no reason to wish him ill now.
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itfcjc added 12:41 - Sep 5 Are they mad
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SouperJim added 12:51 - Sep 5 Yes, but how many of Sunderland's squad are eligible for Iceland?
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raycrawfordswig added 13:00 - Sep 5 Never too late to learn another language.
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