Sun, 18 Dec 10:41:00 2011 Share retweet EmailPrintRoy Keane has deepened his feud with Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson, claiming the club dumped him in 2005. The former Old Trafford captain told the Sunday Times that Ferguson failed to back him following a row with former United assistant boss Carlos Queiroz, when the Irishman was swiftly given a transfer to Celtic. Keane was responding to criticism from Ferguson, stemming from Keane's comments on ITV that United "got what they deserved" when they were knocked out of the Champions League by Basel. Ferguson questioned Keane's managerial record, saying "(Roy) had an opportunity to prove himself as a manager too. It is a difficult job". He also talked in his programme notes before United's game against Wolves about criticism of the club coming "even from people we thought were perhaps on our side". Keane today hit back, accusing Ferguson of orchestrating his abrupt exit from the club. "People say he stood by me in difficult times, but he didn't when I was 34, not when I was towards the end and had a few differences with Carlos Queiroz. "All of a sudden then, 'Off you go, Roy, and here's the statement we've done.'" Keane added: "If you want to question my managerial record, listen, you could question every pundit's managerial skill in relation to (Ferguson's) and we're all going to come up short. "But I would also say that without players like myself, maybe he wouldn't have such a good managerial record because players who go down the punditry road, it's soon forgotten that we put bodies on the line for him." Eurosport
Sadly, Keane will always be about me, me, me!!! In a war of words, physical strength or sheer will, my money isn't on the Irishman, even though the Jock may nearly 70. SAF been there and got a mansion full of T-Shirts. Keane has a few medals he owes 100% to the man who brought him to Old Trafford but cant seem to understand why he was eventually allowed to leave at 34 and a string of injuries behind him. Did he think he would still be playing at 40? Footballers have always come and gone but in SAF's case, it is usually with a pot full of silver shiny things for them to reminisce to in their latter years. Its just a shame that the selfish Keane cant appreciate that or be grateful for the opportunity. Without SAF Roy Keane would have amounted to **** all. With out Keane, SAF would still be the greatest manager of all time in the English game.
I remember trachen on goals on Sunday not long ago, he wa laughing at how he found out he was on his way out. He said early one Sunday morning, he was in bed and the door bell chimed, down he went to find SAF standing there. He was told it was time to find a new club, thats how SAF worked, surprised it came as a shock to Keane. Also surprised he thought he could take SAF assistant on and be backed by the Scotsman.
