Roy Keane

Epic Swindle · December 18, 2011

In an interview in the Sunday Times Keane hit back at Ferguson, claiming that he felt abandoned by his manager during the latter part of his career and suggested that Ferguson puts his own interests ahead of United's.

"People say he stood by me in difficult times," Keane said. "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'."

On his coaching career, Keane added: "If you want to question my managerial record ... listen, you could question every pundit's managerial skill in relation to his 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."

Keane also cites the legal action taken against John Magnier over the breeding rights to the stallion Rock Of Gibraltar as an example that everything Ferguson does is not necessarily in the interests of United.

"This didn't help the club, the manager going to law against its leading shareholder," said Keane. "How could it be of benefit to the club? I said, 'You're not going to win', and he said, 'I don't care, no-one does that to me'. And I go, 'Okay, off you go, I'm not going to change your mind'."

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Cobs · December 18, 2011