Keane was neither pushed nor could Sunderland persuade him to stay. That old irrational demon in Keane has surfaced again: World Cup 2002 and the manner in which he finished at Utd. There’s a real dark side to Keane that does him no favours. Regardless of the Sunderland situation, if he has long-term ambitions in management I think he has just done his prospects a lot of damage.

As for Ince! This is the guy who made big noises about the lack of opportunity for young managers AND the low numbers of black coaches/managers in the game. Not that he was promoting the cause in a general sense but (as always with Ince) was only interested in promoting himself. I’d go as far as to say that Ince played the ‘race’ card to get himself an opportunity and that’s unacceptable. He’s always been to big for his boots and now that he has been given the chance, we are seeing that he is not up to the task and, considering his personality, are any of us surprised? Big mistake by the Blackburn board!