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"He Gave Me A Stare And I Thought 'I Don't Want To Go In The Same Dressing Room As Him'"

PJ Browne
By PJ Browne
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Danny Webber's is a story which probably typifies the experience of many young players who came through the ranks at Man Utd during Roy Keane's time at the club.

The former Man Utd striker appeared on BBC Radio 5 Live this week and was asked about playing with Keane.

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Webber told of first breaking into the first team and, during a pre-season game, raising the ire of Keane.

As a young lad coming into the first team you hope that people will welcome you a little. Just welcome you in a little softly.

Roy, to be fair to him, he treated everybody the same. He was always fair.

I've got a lot of time for him. A lot of respect for him. When I first came in to train with the first team, he was very much like: if you misplaced a pass you'd get the death stare.

He demanded standards but he was the same across the board.

We had a pre-season game against Shrewsbury and I remember I've ran through, I'm clean on goal. We're about five up or something. I've looked to the left - Do I square it to Roy Keane or do I not?

I've chose 'no', I'm a striker, I'm going to shoot. I've hit the side netting. He gave me a stare and I thought 'I don't even want to go in the same dressing room as him'.

We went in afterwards and he tore a strip off me.

The following year, Webber found himself in a similar situation, again during a pre-season game. This time, having learned from experience, Webber passed to Keane.

You can watch Danny Webber speaking on BBC 5 Live below.

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