Boss Roy Keane has revealed that he will be looking to add an assistant manager to his coaching staff during the close season. Keane is seeking to shake-up his backroom with specialist skills coach Steve Foley’s contract not being renewed.

Keane said: “I’ll be looking to bring in an assistant manager over the next few months and I’ve got one or two people in mind for that, so changes will be made in the backroom staff.”

Earlier in the season, the Blues boss was close to appointing Peter Taylor to his coaching ranks, although not as an assistant manager. Taylor was interested in a role as Keane's deputy but not one working alongside the club's other coaches. The former England boss is now manager at Bradford City and so is firmly out of the running.

The Town manager says he will be keeping U18 coach Chris Kiwomya at the club, while he will speak to Ian McParland, who he brought to the club earlier in the season, about his future next week. The former Notts County boss underwent a double hip operation yesterday and Keane will visit him next week.

Specialist skills coach Steve Foley will be leaving the club with Keane grateful for his work during his time at the club: “We won’t be renewing Steve’s contract.

"It was a tough decision because Steve’s a good man and has been very good to me since I came in, even at the start of last season and he’s done a good job with the reserves, but there are areas of the staff I need to look at and try and make changes there. But he’s a very good man and a football man.”

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blueherts added 23:28 - Apr 30 ERRR - You saw the evidence this season
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mantreeblue added 23:48 - Apr 30 foley is a good coach and all he wanted to do is bring on young players, not to be a manager you will not hear a bad word said about him by any players at colchester norwich or ipswich,in fact he never lost when he was part time manager at colchester but turned the job down to do it perminant,he was also very ill for last part off the season when norwich went down he will be missed mark my words.

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Tillz9 added 23:58 - Apr 30 I did see the evidence....If hoof ball is a specialist skill we have it iin abundance !! I am not mocking Foley Mantreeblue , am just a little confused by his job title !!
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bennyblue added 06:43 - May 1 how about jim magilton hes already proved hes a better manager than roy and would make an ideal assistant untill roy gets sacked for being useless which he clearly is as the evidence shows us after the last 2 seasons roy needs to spend a fortune to create a team slightly worse than the one he inherited from jim and are miserable to watch as well how good is roy eh ? i ve always maintained that people from cork are deadwood because after all thats what cork is deadwood

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