Ian Wright endorsed Roy Keane for the Manchester United job on the latest episode of Stick to Football, but the Cork man was slow to warm to the idea.
Number one, the former club captain doesn't believe he'd ever be asked.
"They're not gonna be asking me... they just wouldn't," he said.
Wright pushed Keane further, asking him if he would ever consider it in the instance that he was asked, but Keane stressed that he would have his reservations.
"Roy...the team they've got, the players they've got, if they said to you would you go in and do an interim? Would you?
28 May 2018; Republic of Ireland assistant manager Roy Keane prior to the International Friendly match between France and Republic of Ireland at Stade de France in Paris, France. Photo by Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile
"Me...?" Keane said with a look of shock on his face.
"You look at Man United," said Wright. They need something. I'm not just blowing smoke on anything, is it something you would consider?"
"The only time you can answer a question about 'would you work there, would you work at Celtic,' it's when you're asked. So I don't know until someone asks me," he said.
Keane's main reservation revolves around Erik ten Hag's perceived lack of power and control of the football club as the manager, with his coaching staff forced out in the summer.
"I'm not saying he's not a good manager or he hasn't got good coaching staff, but in the summer they changed all the coaching staff," said Keane.
"So you're on about a manager having a bit of power and control of the football club – I'll bet you Ten Hag's got none of that!
"So players will look at the manager and go, 'well, all your staff went in the summer. I didn't see you fighting for any of them. You're bringing more staff in.' I just think it looks chaotic, doesn't it?
"I'm not leaving you, Wrighty," concluded the Irish man.
Former England women's footballer Jill Scott then hit Keane with a jibe he'd be proud of himself.
"What's the real answer to you not wanting the Man United job, that you wouldn't take a pay-cut," she said with a laugh, referencing his punditry career with Sky Sports.
