Roy Keane news conference
New Ipswich Town manager Roy Keane believes his new team can reach the Premier League within a year.
The ex-Sunderland boss, who had been out of work for five months, signed a two-year contract at Portman Road after Jim Magilton was sacked on Wednesday.
"Three or four weeks ago I thought, if the opportunity came up, I was ready for it," Keane told a news conference.
"I would like to try and do it (win promotion) in one year, if I was not up for it I would be walking my dogs."
Keane had been earmarked by ambitious Ipswich owner Marcus Evans as the ideal successor for Magilton, who paid the price for failing to deliver top-flight football for the seventh successive year.
The 37-year-old revealed he had received other offers, but said he was enticed by the ambition of the Suffolk club.
Asked why he had accepted the job, Keane said: "My gut feeling, the ambition of the club, the history of the club.
"It's a proper football club. I think I've been very lucky with the clubs I've been involved with and I'm very lucky to get this job.
"It's a massive challenge trying to get the club back in the Premier League.
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"I enjoy working with ambitious people. There's enough people out there with no ambitions who are happy to go through the motions in life."
Keane took over as Sunderland boss in August 2006 with the club languishing second from bottom in the Championship.
He made an immediate impact, guiding them to the Championship title that season as well as securing a place in the Premier League.
"We had a very good spirit and never-say-die attitude," he said of his time at the Stadium of Light.
"We scored a lot of late goals and had great desire. I always felt we would go to the end and I want that from Ipswich players.
"That's up to me to get into the players. I'm convinced the players will enjoy working with me."
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