Stoke City have offered Martin O’Neill and Roy Keane a return to Premier League management as they desperately try to persuade the high-profile pair to leave the Republic of Ireland after four years in international football. Stoke City have offered Martin O’Neill and Roy Keane a return to Premier League management as they desperately try to persuade the high-profile pair to leave the Republic of Ireland after four years in international football. Indeed, Keane is thought to have helped persuade O'Neill to stay on over the last few weeks, but the Stoke offer could prove too good and too tempting for them to turn down. It has been a hugely disappointing campaign for The Potters and Coates made it clear he wanted O’Neill to turn things around. O’Neill is understood to have rejected a contract at Goodison Park as he was unhappy with the length of the deal, which paved the way for Allardyce to replace Ronald Koeman last month.

Source: Irish Independent January 13, 2018 20:07 UTC