Roy Keane can become one of the great managers", says Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger
Published 15:17 03/10/08 By By Mirror.co.uk
Arsene Wenger has praised Sunderland boss Roy Keane ahead of the sides' Premier League clash this weekend.
The Arsenal boss believes that having learned under one of the games' all-time greats in Sir Alex Ferguson, Keane can go on to make a success as a coach at the top level.
"He has done well in his first year. You see already when he was a player that there are ingredients in there that make a manager," said Wenger.
"A management career is a marathon, but he has the qualities to become a great manager."
Wenger hopes that a handful of his former players can go to become great managers too.
"There are a few already working in France, and while there is no-one in England yet, some of them are very close," he said.
"We have Tony Adams who is assistant at Portsmouth and Nigel Winterburn is coaching at Blackburn. Steve Bould is an important coach here in the Arsenal academy.
"Dennis Bergkamp is taking his coaching badges to go into the job and the rest are very young."
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