Roy Keane blasts Man Utd's selection process for new boss and role of two people

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by Tim Hanlon
Sunday, 11 January 2026 at 16:28
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Roy Keane is worried about two people at the club as he asks what is going wrong at Manchester United for them to keep selecting the wrong manager.
Since Alex Ferguson left, United have gone through a series of managers, with varying backgrounds but all have failed to bring success in the Premier League or the Champions League.
Now as United are once again looking for a new manager after Ruben Amorim's sacking, Keane has asked why the club hierarchy keeps getting it wrong.
And he claimed that Alex Ferguson and David Gill were hanging around "like a bad smell".
"I'm intrigued why they keep giving certain people a job, what happens in the interview that they sit there and go, and then 12 months, 14 months later they go, he's not the guy for us," said Keane.
"Well suss that out when you are speaking to them, when you look at somebody in the eye. You see who's making the decisions at Man United, you still have Ferguson and David Gil hanging on like a bad smell. Who's making the decisions? Ratcliffe, Wilcox."
He continued: "Who's coming to this interview process when you're speaking to a manager?
"You get a feeling for somebody, you go, he's the guy for us, forget the CV, you need something on your CV, of course, that you won a trophy or you've been a manager a long time.
"You've got to look somebody in the eye, and say are you the man to get us places?"
While Gary Neville believes United need to consider certain criteria for the new manager and reduce risks as much as possible.
"I think if you think about the appointments over the last 10, 12 years now, and look, we've flipped back and forward United, from people that the club know, people that are fashionable in Europe and young people to Louis van Gaal and Jose Mourinho.," he told Sky.
"But if you think about it, Jose Mournho is really the only appointment that fits the criteria of the club. He's managed in the Premier League, so there's an element of risk removed in the fact that he knows the league, I think it's a criteria, I think knowing the league, I'm not saying it's perfect, but if you said now what's the risks, someone coming to a new league...
"Ancelotti came on the league in the first season, so that can happen. Jürgen Klopp came to Liverpool and did a great job, but my point is if you want to remove the risks and try and sort of remove as many risks as possible, have they managed in the league before?
"Do they know the country? Do they know the game here? have they managed in Europe and done well in Champions Leagues? Have they been successful, won titles? Have they done the things to manage United?
"Can they handle big pressure and big atmospheres and big clubs? If you put those three or four, five, six things and say, right, they've got to fit that criteria, then you're looking at the likes of Ancelotti and Tuchel, aren't you?
"You're looking at those types, they've been in England, they've won leagues, they've won Champions Leagues, they've been around the block, they've managed big players, they've managed personalities, they're not going to get a little bit scared If a pundit says something, if a pundit opens his mouth, won't be worried about a pundit, are they?"

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