By Mark Heys
December 4 2005

Roy Keane and Bolton Wanderers would be the perfect combination according to Trotters manager Sam Allardyce who registered his interest in the former Manchester United captain recently. The Wanderers defeated Arsenal by two goals to nil at the Reebok Stadium yesterday afternoon and Allardyce hopes that the veteran midfielder Keane will have seen the progress that Bolton have made when deciding on who his next club will be.

Keane has a number of offers in the pipeline and will be deciding on his career post-United within the next few days and Allardyce beleives that Bolton hold an advantage over some clubs due to the fact that the Irishman lives in nearby Cheshire.

At the moment Bolton, like many others, are waiting on a call from the players advisors and expect to have an definate answer one way or another in the immediate future.

"We would like Roy very much. I hope he may glance at us or happen to see over the next couple of days how we played against Arsenal." said Allardyce

"He will have seen a winning team and that may persuade Roy to join us. But we can only decide that if his representatives give us a ring. We can't do any more than we did against Arsenal and if Roy was out there I'd ask him to have a look at that game and ask himself whether Bolton was a good club to join.

"I think he would really enjoy a stint with us. I have only registered an interest with his representatives, but many, many clubs have done that."

"I am sure his people will ring us one way or the other and either say they'd like to go further or he has decided to go somewhere else. We have an advantage because he lives in the North West - unless Roy wants to up sticks with his family and move away from the area, we are the perfect club for him."

"There are many other clubs in many countries who would take him and are bigger than Bolton if he does want to move from the area. But if he wants to stay in the North West then we are a perfect choice."