Roy Keane
Roy Keane
Roy Maurice Keaneis an Irish football assistant manager and former professional football player. He is the joint-most successful Irish footballer of all time, having won 19 major trophies, 17 of which came at Manchester United, in his club career. He is currently the assistant manager of the Republic of Ireland national football team...
NationalityIrish
ProfessionSoccer Player
Date of Birth10 August 1971
CityCork, Ireland
CountryIreland
It was Tottenham at home. I thought: 'Please don't go on about Tottenham, we all know what Tottenham are about. They are nice and tidy but we'll f****** do them.' Alex came in and said: 'Lads, it's only Tottenham.' And that was it! Brilliant!
I got Robbie's mobile number and rang him. It went to his voicemail: 'Hi, it's Robbie - whazzup!' Like the Budweiser ad. I never called him back. I thought: 'I can't be f****** signing that'.
I think players tend to get anxious if they've not really done things properly - like eating, resting or training. If you're fully prepared you've got nothing to worry about - it's just a game of football.
I don't think some of the people who come to Old Trafford can spell football, never mind understand it.
Aggression is what I do. I go to war. You don't contest football matches in a reasonable state of mind
I don't believe skill was, or ever will be, the result of coaches. It is a result of a love affair between the child and the ball.
Fail to prepare, prepare to fail.
No celebrity bullshit,no self promotion,an amazingly gifted player who remained an unaffected human being
If it had come to a fight, Patrick [Vieira] could probably have killed me.
I will see how my hip is bearing up in the summer. It is important to be fair to myself and the club if it is affecting me.
It's too early to know if he'd make it for any play-off or not. But he's told me he is still confident that we can make it to the World Cup finals.
Over the last few months I've always put football first but come the summer I need to look at what's best for my family.