Roy Keane ya kusanyi kusa da komawa Manchester United a farkon wannan shekarar — sai dai nadin Michael Carrick a matsayin babban koci na wucin gadi ya rufe wannan ƙofar kafin ta bude.

United sun kammala kakar wasa ta karshe a matsayi na uku a Premier League, suna tabbatar da komawa ga UEFA Champions League a karkashin Carrick, wanda aka naɗa bayan korar Ruben Amorim. Carrick daga baya ya rattaba hannu kan kwantiragin dindindin a ƙarshen kakar wasan.

Alakar da Solskjaer

Lokacin da Darren Fletcher ya karɓi ragamar ɗan wucin gadi bayan korar Amorim, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer yana cikin wadanda aka yi musu hirarraki don matsayin wucin gadi — kuma Keane, kamar yadda yanzu ya bayyana, ya kasance tsakiyar shirin ɗan Norway.

A cewar Charlie Wyett na The Sun, Solskjaer ya zabi Keane a matsayin mataimakinsa na farko da za a ba shi aikin. Wyett ya rubuta: "Za a iya bayyana yanzu cewa zaɓin ɗan Norway mai yuwuwa don mataimaki na 2 shi ne tsohon kyaftin na United, Keane. Ba za mu taɓa sanin abin da zai faru ba da Solskjaer da Keane suke kan mulki. Amma yuwuwar ɗan Ireland ya dawo ƙungiyar da ya taɓa wasa da su da zai kasance wasan gani ne."

Solskjaer ya san wannan hanya daga wucin gadi zuwa dindindin a Old Trafford sosai. An ba shi ragamar ɗan wucin gadi a ƙarshen 2018 bayan fita Jose Mourinho, sannan bayan watanni huɗu ya rattaba hannu kan kwantiragi na shekaru uku. Ya kasance a ƙungiyar har zuwa Nuwamba 2021, lokacin da korarsa — bayan nasara ɗaya a wasanni bakwai da United a wajen wuraren Turai — ya fara lokacin farko na wucin gadi na Carrick.

Kwarewar Keane

Keane, mai shekara 55, yana da kwarewa mai yawa a bangarorin biyu na filin. Ya horar da Sunderland da Ipswich Town, kuma ya yi aiki a matsayin mataimaki a Aston Villa, Nottingham Forest, da kuma tawagar ƙasar Jamhuriyar Ireland. Kafin shiga kociyya, Keane yana daya daga cikin manyan ƴan wasan tsakiyar filin a duniya a karkashin Alex Ferguson, inda ya lashe gasar Premier League sau bakwai a Old Trafford.

A 'yan shekarun nan ya zama daya daga cikin masana kwallon ƙafa mafi shahara — kuma ɗaya daga cikin mafi tsananin masu sukar Manchester United. Duk da haka, shigarsa kai tsaye don gyara ka'idojin ƙungiyar zai ci gaba da jira.