‘I’m ex-Man Utd and misplaced it at Keane – I finished after ‘you may be lifeless’ menace’
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has revealed he as soon as “lost it” at Manchester United team-mate Roy Keane however rapidly got here to his senses.
Solskjaer and Keane spent virtually a decade collectively enjoying for the Red Devils between 1996 and 2005. They received 5 Premier League titles, two FA Cups and the Champions League collectively in the course of the membership’s most dominant period.
Keane, United’s captain on the time, had a formidable presence due to his no-nonsense deameanour and tough-tackling. And the Irishman was no stranger to telling his team-mates precisely what he thought when he deemed them to be performing beneath the required requirements.
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Keane did simply that on one event throughout a conflict with Tottenham Hotspur, however his brutal phrases didn’t go down properly along with his Norwegian team-mate. And an incensed Solskjaer sought to confront him earlier than being calmed down, joking now that he would have met a ugly finish at Keane’s hand.
Speaking on the Stick to Football podcast in affiliation with SkyWager, the previous striker mentioned: “It’s been good [my relationship with Roy Keane] – it’s been first rate. He all the time moaned and shouted at me and that’s how I knew he cared, and he felt that I might assist the group.
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“I’m not sure if [Roy] knows this, Tottenham away, White Hart Lane – we’re counter-attacking, and I make a bad decision of not passing to [Roy] just before half-time and [he was] giving me everything.
“Absolutely all sorts of insults and [Roy was] about 15, 20 yards ahead of me, and I lost it. I was going to come for [him]! Carlos [Queiroz] stopped me, ‘It’s not worth it Ole’ – I’d be dead!”
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Despite being on the verge of a bust-up, the United legends have remained shut within the years since their respective retirements. Keane revealed he even visited Solskjaer’s residence in his native Norway after the latter was sacked as United supervisor in 2022.
The Sky Sports pundit drove eight throughout the Scandinavian nation to succeed in Kristiansund, saying: “He was feeling a bit low, clearly I needed to cheer him up. So, yeah, I drove up and it was pretty.”
