Roy Keane has taken a few cuts back at Alex Ferguson in tomorrow night's ITV4 documentary on his rivalry with Patrick Viera, saying the Scot has "a massive ego" and still wants to "exert power and control" at United.
Perhaps predictably, Keane regards Brian Clough as the greatest manager he ever played for and describes his relationship with Ferguson as "non-existent."
According to the Irish Times, Keane told the documentary makers that "Everything is about control and power. He's still striving for it now even though he's not the manager. There's massive ego involved in that."
He admitted he cried in his car the day he left Manchester United.
Roy Keane: "Of course I was upset (when I left United): I did shed a few tears in my car for about two minutes."
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Keane even claimed to be annoyed by Ferguson's praise of his performance in Turin in the 1999 Champions League semi final.
On Juve praise: "Stuff like that kinda insults me.What am I supposed to do? Give up?It's like praising the postman for delivering the mail."
— Daniel Harris (@DanielHarris) December 9, 2013
On his rivalry with Patrick Viera, the subject of the documentary, he says that the french player's biggest weakness was that
On Vieira's biggest weakness: "I don't think he was as tough as me."
— Daniel Harris (@DanielHarris) December 9, 2013
Continuing to paint Gary Naville as a kind of strange damsel in distress he says Viera picked on him in the Highbury tunnel in 2005 because he was the weak link.
Roy Keane: Patrick Vieira picked on Gary Neville in tunnel row because he was United's 'weak link' http://t.co/duRhYr19z6 #ManU
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However much you already love Roy Keane, prepare to love him more once you've seen the @itvfootball doc tomorrow night. A gentleman scholar.
— Daniel Harris (@DanielHarris) December 9, 2013
