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Manchester United captain Roy Keane says he expects to leave Old Trafford at the end of the season.

The 34-year-old does not think he will be offered a new contract when his current one expires in the summer and wants to move outside English football.

"There comes a time when a player has to move on," Keane told MUTV.

"I'd like to play on for another year or two and it would be good experience for me to play at another club or in another country."

Keane, who signed for United from Nottingham Forest in 1993 for a British-record fee of £3.75m, admitted it would be "hard to stomach" playing for another club in the Premiership.

He has made no secret in the past of his desire to play for Celtic before he retires.

"When I say playing for another team, I can't see it being an English team - that would be hard to stomach," he said.

People have mentioned coaching at United but it doesn't appeal to me Roy Keane

"I would like to get into coaching and experiencing a different dressing room would help that. "

The Republic of Ireland international said he could change his mind about moving if he was offered a new contract by United - but admitted this was not a likely scenario.

"I would be surprised if United offered me a new contract, it's my gut feeling," he said.

"If United did offer me a contract it would be around April and that would be too late. I would like to have something sorted out in January.

"I will be 35 in the summer and there are good players coming through at United and the time would be right."

Keane had been strongly linked with a coaching position at Old Trafford.

Indeed United manager Sir Alex Ferguson had even tipped Keane to succeed him one day.

But Keane said: "Sometimes it's better to make a clean break. People have mentioned coaching at United but it doesn't appeal to me."

Keane has been described as the embodiment of his manager on the pitch.

But the duo had a public row at Manchester United's pre-season training camp in Portugal in July.