Last week, news broke that Steve Coogan is set to portray Mick McCarthy in a film about the then-Irish manager’s infamous clash with Roy Keane before the 2002 World Cup. This feels like football fans being rewarded for something nice we did in a past life.
So many questions: Will they use prosthetics for the iconic broken nose? Will any of the people involved play themselves in the film? Will Roy or Mick make a cameo? Just how much is Eanna Hardwicke (who is playing Keane) going to relish delivering the line, “You can stick it up your bollocks.”?
This got us thinking about who we’d like to play various high-profile football managers should a film ever be made about their respective lives.