Waffiman wrote:
Keane on WAGS.
"These so-called big stars are people we are supposed to be looking up to. Well, they are weak and soft. If they don't want to come because their wife wants to go shopping in London, it's a sad state of affairs.
On Yorkie's decision to come out of international retirement.
“Dwight's a clown and he's on an ego trip; he's brought this on himself. He's retired from international football about five times,”
On his then Ireland Manager - Mick McCarthy.
“Mick, you're a liar... you're a f**king wanker.” That's what the national skipper said to his manager during the aforementioned 2002 World Cup in Japan and Korea. He also said: “I didn't rate you as a player, I don't rate you as a manager, and I don't rate you as a person. You're a f**king w**ker and you can stick your World Cup up your arse. The only reason I have any dealings with you is that somehow you are the manager of my country! You can stick it up your boll**ks.” He had been unimpressed with Ireland's preparations and let it be known that the facilities weren't good enough. A 'clear the air' talk with his boss then turned to expletive-laden tirade above and he was booted out of the team. Say how you really feel, Roy
FERGIE'S EGO
The former Man United manager's latest book was particularly unkind to his former captain. Sir Fergie claimed Keane “has the most savage tongue you can imagine. He can debilitate the most confident person in the world in seconds with that tongue.” Keano hit back, though, and hammered the boss' ego. “Everything is about control and power,” was his response. “He's still striving for it now even though he's not manager. There's massive ego involved in that.”
Keane on Manure fans.
Not supporters of the mighty Peterborough, no, this was a tirade aimed at Man United fans who preferred to watch from behind the glass in executive boxes after a Champions League match against Dynamo Kiev in 2000, which the club won 1-0. “Sometimes you wonder, do they understand the game of football? We're 1-0 up, then there are one or two stray passes and they're getting on players' backs. It's just not on. At the end of the day they need to get behind the team.” The captain made clear that he didn't feel this way about every supporter, however. “Away from home our fans are fantastic,” he said. “I'd call them the hardcore fans. But at home they have a few drinks and probably the prawn sandwiches, and they don't realise what's going on out on the pitch. I don't think some of the people who come to Old Trafford can spell 'football', never mind understand it.”
None of the quotes above are from his new book.