Conor McKeon: We should all be grateful for this unlikely era of Roy Keane embracing the limelight

Conor McKeon: We should all be grateful for this unlikely era of Roy Keane embracing the limelight

His playing days may be over nearly 20 years but the 54-year-old has a commercial and public appeal that is umatched by many of his peers

Roy Keane signed a deal worth €750,000 with 7up just a couple of months before the 2002 World Cup

Diadora. Remember them?

Roberto Baggio. Marco van Basten. Italian leather. Minimalist style. The thinking man’s boot. Your sleek, understated alternative to the more meat-and-two-veg range; your Puma Kings, your Umbro Specialis. Peak mid-’90s.