Town owner and chairman Marcus Evans is reported to have met with manager Roy Keane yesterday to reassure him regarding his position in the wake of this week’s claims of his likely sacking.

Evans’s helicopter was spotted at the Playford Road Training Centre yesterday. This afternoon’s report claims clear-the-air talks with Keane were the reason for his visit.

Speculation regarding Keane’s future had all but disappeared until earlier this week when a national newspaper claimed that Steve Cotterill, who is understood to be close to being named the new manager of Portsmouth, and Tony Mowbray, said to have met with Evans recently, were in the frame to take over at Portman Road.

Back in March, chief executive Simon Clegg dismissed the then-widespread claims that Keane’s sacking was on the cards.

Meanwhile, Keane himself says he has no regrets about his controversial exit from Ireland’s World Cup campaign in Japan and Korea: “Missing out on the 2002 World Cup finals does not lose me any sleep.

“I enjoyed helping Ireland qualify, and the madness of it all is that people still don’t know the full story. There are as usual plenty of second guesses.

“There was a view within the Irish camp that just because we had qualified, we had done enough. But that did not sit with me.

“With a good manager who’s brought a professional attitude and a new stadium about to open, my hope is that Irish football will be now taken seriously. There has been an improvement, but there is a lot more to be done.”

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corshamblue added 11:48 - Jun 11 Keano !! COYB
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stinkiusminkius added 11:48 - Jun 11 Right, when I go to games, I cheer and applaud the team, never leave early, and never boo ANY players or the manager. However, that doesn't mean that my brain has stopped functioning - I still have the ability to have an opinion about keane and my opinion is that he's not up to the job and is actually causing more harm than good. And this being an Internet forum/site for opinions is where I can state my opinions. Hopefully without receiving any abuse if others differ from my opinion. And like others have said - we know keane is starting the season as manager, so either it'll click (all well and good) or or it won't and he'll be replaced (all well and good). I just hope that there's no middle ground that sees the season drag on in midtable obscurity.

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TractorRoyNo1 added 13:15 - Jun 11 the 'disgrace' old pal is you thinking you are a Town supporet - the defininition of a supporter is someone who supports, it's funny the clue is right there in the word, for those on this forum who do not support the club, the owner, the ceo, the manager, and the players - please feel free to support someon else. As for Keane's 'history' I suggest you take the trouble to read his book, you might just learn something. ChambersM added 16:10 - Jun 10 we know enough of the story roy, you walked out on your country at the world cup. Disgrace. Rubbish manager. General scumbag. Get rid Marcus.

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Help added 13:39 - Jun 11 Is this not the dreaded vote of confidence all managers get before they are sacked??
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IpswichElvis added 15:39 - Jun 11 You will just have to sack him before Christmas. Do it now Marcus and give a new bloke a chance. Keane had his and he showed us he is crap.
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generalpublic added 01:54 - Jun 12 i think the public agrees with the above comment
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kentblue added 07:10 - Jun 13 Agree with the two above comments ! Otherwise we will have to suffer the miserable moans from the clueless man .
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TractorRoyNo1 added 10:03 - Jun 13 can we all at least agree on some things 1) that it was a £$%&ing ex-budgie who cost us the game last night 2) that ITV should not be allowed to broadcast important games as they again screwed up by showing an ad at a crucial moment 3) it is hypoicritcal to put an England flag on VW Beetle
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generalpublic added 01:55 - Jun 14 maybe we should get rid of evans
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