5 Brilliant Extracts From Roy Keane’s Autobiography

Following the official release of Roy Keane’s autobiography this Thursday, a lucky few have been able to get their hands on it early and within the Irishman’s autobiography, we are treated to some gems.

Here are five of the best extracts the public have been treated to so far.

During his time as Sunderland Manager...

“The madness of football: we'd been beaten 3-0 by Luton, a shocking result, but at the press conference after the game I said that football results really didn't matter and I mentioned that Clive Clark had had a heart attack.

“And I had the evil thought 'I'm glad he had it tonight.' Because it would deflect from our woeful performance."

Just one in a long line that instigated his eventual departure from Old Trafford, his training ground bust-up with Carlos Queiroz was one he saw fit to apologise for. Well, kind of...

"I went to see the manager and Carlos and I apologised. But now I kind of wish I hadn't.
"I apologised but afterwards I was thinking 'I'm not sure why I f****** apologised."

"Was I going around for years thinking: ’I’m going to get him, I’m going to get him.' No. Was he at the back of my mind? Of course he was. Like Rob Lee was, like David Batty was, like Alan Shearer was, like Patrick Vieira was. All these players were in the back of my mind: ’If I get a chance I’m going to f****** hit you, of course I am.’
"Haaland finished the game and played four days later, for Norway."

“I rang Mark Hughes. Robbie (Savage) wasn’t in the Blackburn team and I asked Mark if we could try to arrange a deal. Sparky said: ‘Yeah, yeah, he’s lost his way here but he could still do a job for you.’

Sparky gave me permission to give him a call. So 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.'"

At 34 years of age, not many footballers are granted the opportunity to play for the world’s biggest club. Especially in a manner less timely...

"Michael had given me a heads-up that Emilio Butragueno would be phoning, so I took my mobile phone everywhere with me.

"And - how's your luck - he rang me while I was sitting on the toilet."

"He said: "Look Roy, we'll be glad to have you." The club's board just had to sanction the deal."