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
Over analyse, paralyse, you mustn't over analyse... Do you wake up at four in the morning and wonder who should be playing left-back? Four? I would love to sleep that long. If you want a really long career you have to find a way of switching off. I do it when I'm out walking my dog, Alex Ferguson got into horses, others get into wine. Some players like going shopping, which is not my scene. A lot of them turn to golf. I tried it, didn't like it. I have to walk. If I couldn't I'd be in a padded cell by now.
The last time I was charged by the FA they had a murder lawyer in against me, so it's going to be a hard case to win.
They have a few drinks, and maybe the prawn sandwiches, and they don't realise what's going on out on the pitch.
Sometimes you wonder, do they understand the game of football? (on referees)
These so-called big stars are people we are supposed to be looking up to. Well they are weak and soft. Priorities have changed in football and they are being dictated to by their wives.
United could soon overtake Arsenal as the chief threat to Chelsea, and defiant Keane vowed: We will keep fighting to the end. We are Manchester United, that is what we do.
I'm not at Manchester United to keep everyone happy.
A lot has been written about my age and my injuries. A lot of people think I'm going to be 94. I'm actually 34 and I feel quite good. I'm sure the fans will judge me on what I do on the pitch, not what I say.
Just because a club says a player is not for sale, it doesn't necessarily mean that.
I am not naive enough to settle for anything less than a reasonable valuation of my worth.
Maybe Gary (Neville) deserves to be chased up a tunnel every now and then - there would be a queue for him, probably. But you have to draw a line eventually.
I love it when the team scores... the lads are always giving me stick because of it, but I'm just so happy I can't help it.
The type of game I play, I'm going to pick injuries and suspensions, unfortunately.
If you love Senegal so much, why don't you play for them?