Keane exits Sunderland
Roy Keane has left Sunderland, the club confirmed on Thursday.
The Irishman held crisis talks with the club's board after which it was decided the two parties would go their separate ways.
Keane, who was appointed in August 2006, leaves with the Wearsiders in the Barclays Premier League relegation zone after a dismal set of results.
The 37-year-old was appointed manager at the Stadium of Light in August 2006 and has been given unprecedented financial backing by the club's board.
He led Sunderland into the Premier League in his first season in charge while his debut year in the top flight resulted in a 15th-placed finish.
Keane then embarked on another summer of heavy spending with the likes of Djibril Cisse, Anton Ferdinand, El-Hadji Diouf, Pascal Chimbonda and Steed Malbranque arriving on Wearside.
But the new additions have failed to gel and the situation came to a head in Saturday's dismal 4-1 home thumping by Bolton.
Afterwards Keane admitted he was starting to doubt his suitability for the post.
He said in the post-match press conference: "I ask myself every single day if I am the right man for Sunderland. I asked myself this morning and I said that I was. Tomorrow morning if the answer's no we will have to look at it.
"I have to be honest in my assessment. It's not about what's best for Roy Keane. It's Sunderland Football Club. I might wake up on Monday morning and think I'm the right man. On Tuesday it might be different."
