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Keane Disappointed With Sousa Sacking - Ipswich Town News

Town boss Roy Keane has expressed his disappointment at Leicester’s sacking of manager Paulo Sousa just nine games into the season. Keane says he was lucky that he was given that chance to get things right at Portman Road after the Blues’ similarly poor start a year ago.

Keane says he gets on well with Sousa, who was appointed the boss at the Walkers Stadium only three months ago: "I’m very disappointed. I think he’s a really good manager and I’ve got a lot of time for him.

"It’s unfortunate, but we all know that managers don’t seem to get that extra bit of time to turn things around.

"The players there need to look at themselves, he’s a good man and a good manager. It’s unfortunate that he’s lost his job but football is that type of industry, it’s very cold.

"I was disappointed to hear that news this morning. I came up against him a few times last year and he seemed a really good bloke. We wish him well."

Leicester are currently bottom of the Championship, a position Town found themselves at this stage last season and Keane says he was fortunate that those in charge at Portman Road took a less hasty approach: "I was lucky last year when we had a really poor start, so you need a break from the people you’re working with.

"I’ve been very lucky all my life, people have always have tended to give me that extra bit of breathing space and time to get it right.

"I was fortunate last year because the way we started the season there was pressure that I could have lost my job.

"But having said that, I think the people that run this club and the owner are intelligent people. I think they knew it was right to keep me in a job.”

Asked whether he was thinks he can bring success to Town this season having been given that time to turn things around, Keane was in no doubt: "You bet your life I do.”

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