Robbie Keane has seen reasons to be optimistic during what has been a ‘crazy’ first few days back at Elland Road. Twenty one years after leaving Leeds United as a player, Keane has returned to West Yorkshire as a coach, helping Sam Allardyce in his bid to lead the Whites to Premier League safety throughout the month of May.
That job always looked tricky given the predicament Leeds find themselves at the foot of the table and the amount of time that has been afforded. However, it looks even harder following Monday night’s results for Everton and Nottingham Forest, which leave United sitting 19th, two points adrift of safety with three games remaining.
It’s far from an ideal situation to walk into for Keane, Allardyce and assistant coach Karl Robinson, but that hasn’t stopped the Irishman from approaching the job with positivity and he has been encouraged by the progress he has seen so far.
