It seems that Cristiano Ronaldo has emerged from Keano's explosive book unscathed.
Whereas its becoming clear that numerous other revered figures have receive an unmerciful kicking in the Roddy Doyle ghosted blockbuster, young Ronaldo is described in exclusively glowing terms as a hard working lad with 'a nice presence and a good attitude.'
However, Keane acknowledges that one of the main reasons Ronaldo came to United's attention was because John O'Shea played 'like a fucking clown' against the Sporting Lisbon prodigy in a pre-season friendly. Though it must be acknowledged that this is a light-hearted remark.
He was up against John O’Shea. Sheasy ended up seeing the doctor at half time because he was actually having dizzy spells.
The club concluded negotiations after the game and we always joked with Sheasy he had actually sealed the deal by playing like a fucking clown.
In fairness to him, he was jet-lagged [from America] like the rest of us.
Keane was wowed by Ronaldo early on, the young lad who was aware of how good looking he was.
After watching him train for a few days I thought: ‘This lad is going to be one of the best players in the world.
He was good looking and he knew it. Looking at some of the other players in front of the mirror I would think: ‘You fucking nugget’.
But Ronaldo had an innocence to him and a niceness.
