Roy Keane has admitted he would like to get back into the manager’s hot seat and said he misses making the "crunch decisions".
Keane is currently holding down two jobs – both as number two to Ireland boss Martin O’Neill and Aston Villa manager Paul Lambert.
Speaking to RTÉ Sport, the former Sunderland and Ipswich boss said: “It’s dangerous to look too far ahead but I think, ultimately, I do see myself getting back into the hot seat because part of me does miss that, making them crunch decisions.”
Keane said he hoped O'Neill and Lambert valued his input, but that he recognised where his role ended and their respective roles began.
“Whether it's being undecided about a player, tactics, the travelling, days off. I’d like to think that Martin, and Paul at Villa, are taking my opinion on board but I know, deep down, they are making the final decision, and they get more money,” the ex-Manchester United captain joked.
Speaking at the launch of his latest autobiography, The Second Half, the 43-year-old also spoke about his run-ins with former Red Devils boss Alex Ferguson and ex-Ireland manager Mick McCarthy, with whom he had a row with ahead of the 2002 World Cup.
“I know that when I’m backed into a corner, I’m obviously going to suffer, I’m going to lose my job over it," he said.
“I said to Mick in the argument that I didn’t respect him. He said ‘All right, if you don’t respect me, how can you play for me?’ I said ‘Yeah, all right, I won’t play for you’.
“So that was it. Nobody sends me anywhere. Even now people talk about Mick McCarthy or Alex Ferguson. Whatever career or profession you’re in, you answer to no one. I’m 43 years of age with five children – do you think I’ve to bow down to these people? No.
“I regret the incident, of course I do. I didn’t go to the World Cup hoping it was going to kick off between everybody. I didn’t go to United that day [I left] thinking ‘Let’s have a big disagreement and I’ll leave the club'. That wasn’t my intention going into work or going to Saipan.
“Why should I listen to Ferguson? Everyone’s frightened to death by these people because they think they have power over you, control. Nonsense”
“But things get thrown at you and you have to react. Mick McCarthy questioning me about injuries, saying I faked an injury. How dare he? Who are these people, why should I listen to this nonsense?
“Why should I listen to Ferguson? Everyone’s frightened to death by these people because they think they have power over you, control. Nonsense.”
“Yeah [I was critical of Ferguson’s autobiography]. Obviously, I had my disagreement when I left the club. You try and move on but when he starts bringing up stuff about myself and other ex-team-mates and being critical of us, I found it crazy.
“A manager who’s had success with myself and other lads. Everyone’s said ‘We’ve had to accept it. Why? Why should we accept somebody talking nonsense like that?”
