Roy Keane says a club the size of Newcastle shouldn’t have a party for winning the Championship title, just as his former club Sunderland oughtn’t to have done when he took them into the Premier League in 2007.
Keane says neither of the North-East giants should see promotion from the Championship as an achievement: "I don’t think Newcastle should be having a party, I don’t think there’s anything to celebrate. At Sunderland they asked us about an open-top bus and I nearly threw up!
"For clubs like Newcastle and Sunderland, with the type of crowds they get, I honestly think they shouldn’t be celebrating anything.
"Same for West Brom, they go up and down every second year. They know what it takes to compete at a decent level. They can party all they want, but they should be focusing on next season really.”
Keane says he has a lot of time for Newcastle manager Chris Hughton: "I’ve got great respect for Chris Hughton, I worked with Chris [with Ireland], he’s a good man and a very good coach.”
Despite being a former Sunderland boss, Keane isn’t too concerned at facing their greatest rivals: "I’ve been to Newcastle before, it’s water off a duck’s back.”