{"id":271071,"date":"2026-02-03T01:22:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T01:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/271071\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T01:22:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T01:22:10","slug":"diego-simeone-roy-keane-favourite-prepared-to-leave-atletico-madrid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/271071\/","title":{"rendered":"Diego Simeone: Roy Keane favourite prepared to leave Atletico Madrid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Benjamin Sesko scored a late goal to beat Fulham at Old Trafford, ensuring a third consecutive win for Michael Carrick\u2019s Manchester United.<\/p>\n<p>Carrick\u2019s impressive start should strengthen his case for a long-term appointment; however, not for Roy Keane.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The United legend believes the interim head coach should not be given the permanent job, even if he wins every game until the end of the season.<\/p>\n<p>Roy Keane wants Diego Simeone at Manchester United<\/p>\n<p>Last year, Keane said he would like Atletico Madrid boss Diego Simeone at the helm at Old Trafford and <a href=\"https:\/\/thepeoplesperson.com\/2025\/10\/09\/roy-keane-wants-diego-simeone-to-replace-amorim-at-united-299859\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:create a \u201cgood havoc\u201d;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">create a \u201cgood havoc\u201d<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think he\u2019d rock up to that place and say, \u2018This is how you do things.\u2019 No guarantee, but I just like to see his personality, even his track record,\u201d said the former United midfielder.<\/p>\n<p>Simeone is certainly one of Europe\u2019s best managers, having turned Atletico from a mid-table La Liga club to regular title challengers. The Los Rojiblancos have won two league titles and played in as many Champions League finals under the Argentine tactician.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Diego Simeone set to leave Atletico Madrid<\/p>\n<p>However, after more than 14 years in charge of Atletico, Simeone is considering the possibility of leaving the club.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fichajes.net\/noticias\/bombazo-cholo-atletico-verano-20260202.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Fichajes;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Fichajes<\/a>, Simeone is ready to close his historic chapter on his time in the Spanish capital.<\/p>\n<p>It is claimed the relationship between the 55-year-old and the club\u2019s new ownership has deteriorated due to a disagreement over the project\u2019s vision.<\/p>\n<p>Simeone is demanding more autonomy and a greater say regarding the long-term decisions at Atletico. However, the club\u2019s hierarchy have different ideas.<\/p>\n<p>As such, the fan favourite, keen to avoid further tensions, has decided to exit the Metropolitano Stadium amicably at the end of the campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Simeone should be on United\u2019s radar if Ineos are looking for an authoritative manager capable of instilling discipline and fighting spirit at Old Trafford.<\/p>\n<p>Featured image Aitor Alcalde via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.easypolls.net\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:online polls;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">online polls<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Peoples Person has been one of the world\u2019s leading Man United news sites for over a decade. Follow us on Bluesky: <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/peoplesperson.bsky.social\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:@peoplesperson.bsky.social;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">@peoplesperson.bsky.social<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Benjamin Sesko scored a late goal to beat Fulham at Old Trafford, ensuring a third consecutive win for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":271072,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[111144,15618,111147,61152,85,46,3157,141043,141042,141041,105,8625],"class_list":["post-271071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-atletico-madrid","tag-benjamin-sesko","tag-diego-simeone","tag-fulham","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-manchester-united","tag-michael-carrick","tag-old-trafford","tag-roy-keane","tag-sports","tag-united"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271071","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=271071"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271071\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/271072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=271071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=271071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=271071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}