Former Leeds United coach Robbie Keane has been appointed by Maccabi Tel Aviv’s as the club's new head coach. The job is Keane’s first permanent, full-time head coach role and he joins the Israeli Premier League club on a two-year deal.
The Irishman will be tasked with ending Maccabi’s three-year title drought by building on their third-place finish last time around and progressing in the Europa Conference League. Keane spent the back end of last season at Elland Road after being hired as a first-team coach, alongside Karl Robinson, to provide short-term boss Sam Allardyce with a helping hand during the last four games of the campaign.
Unfortunately, despite being well received at Elland Road and Thorp Arch, he couldn’t help Leeds retain their Premier League status and he was subsequently allowed to leave the club at the end of the season. He hasn’t been out of work too long, though and he’ll be looking forward to taking the lead role in Tel Aviv.
