ROY Keane is on the ropes, and it looks like one more blow will signal the end.

Ironically, the knockout punch could be delivered by the mild-mannered, softly-spoken Sven Goran Eriksson, who is just about as far removed from a prizefighter as it’s possible to imagine.

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