Roy Keane has been linked with a return to management with his former club Sunderland.
The Black Cats sacked Lee Johnson on Sunday following an embarrassing 6-0 defeat at Bolton and are on the lookout for a new boss.
They are currently third in League One and two points behind leaders Rotherham United.
But Johnson was dismissed after Sunderland recorded just one win from their last five games.
Keane managed Sunderland between August 2006 and December 2008, winning the Championship in his first season in charge before leaving following a fallout with the hierarchy.
He went on to take charge of Ipswich Town but has not been in management since 2011, although he has worked as an assistant to Martin O'Neill at the Republic of Ireland and Nottingham Forest and to Paul Lambert at Aston Villa.
But Keane revealed last year that he has had interviews for jobs.
He told Gary Neville on Sky Sports’ series The Overlap: “I’ve had interviews, I had an interview recently.
“I spoke to a Championship club about three months ago. It was very casual, it was at my house – a chat with the chairman.
“And to be fair, he was straight up, he went: ‘Listen, we just want somebody who can come in and win football matches.’
“That was fine with me, I didn’t have to break down styles of play. And I think if you’re winning matches, people don’t then question, ‘What’s your style of play?’
“You just bounce into the next match, don’t you? And we did it as players.”
Keane previously revealed that his departure from Sunderland “still saddens” him.
"I still think I should be manager of Sunderland,” he added. “I really liked the club, and I liked the people."
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