Roy Keane now acts as a commentator, making many fierce criticisms of Manchester United, which has upset the current manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. But in fact, this is not surprising at all, because Keane, who was still a player, had extremely high requirements for his teammates, so that the two Manchester United goalkeepers were very afraid in training and tried to avoid the same team.
Keane was Captain of Manchester United at the time, known for his seriousness on the pitch, and he was also the leader of the Manchester United dressing room, where he had high standards for his team-mates. Two of United's most famous goalkeepers, Van der Sar and Tim Howard, have both backed down Keane.
Manchester United's third goalkeeper at the time, Luke Steele, revealed that due to Keane's demanding requirements for his teammates, Van der Sar and Howard always avoided playing with him in training.
Luke Steele recalled: "When I was United's third goalkeeper, the team had three goalkeepers, me, Howard and Van der Sar. The goalie coach was Tony Cotton, and when we were playing in training, he said to me one day, 'Have you ever noticed that you're always on the same team as Roy Keane?' I realized, as if that were the case. Cotton said: "That's it, because the other two goalkeepers are afraid of Keane's shit scared, so they always choose the other team!"" That's Van der Sar and Howard."
As a result, Steele became a "victim", always teaming up with Keane in training matches, and was often scolded. He recalled: "It was true, you didn't want to be on the same team as Keane, you'd rather be an opponent and play against him because you knew that you would be scolded by him no matter what. So in the end it was always me, here and there, scolded by him bloody head, as if we were playing in the international, The Champions League final. That's the influence he has on his teammates."
However, not everyone in the Manchester United squad avoided Keane, and Rooney, who joined Manchester United in 2004 at the age of 18, won the respect of the captain in his first away game because he dared to confront Keane.
At that time, Rooney was arranged to share a room with Keane, and they had a dispute over what TV show to watch, and Rooney took advantage of Keane's absence to change stations, and then hid the remote control so that the captain could not change stations.
'When you first walked into the manchester United dressing room, you were obviously a little nervous, but I knew Rio Ferdinand, Wes Brown, Scholes, Gary (Neville) in England, so I was very comfortable in it. Rooney said, "I always remember having an argument with Keane on my first road trip. The night before our away challenge to Newcastle, Roy was watching a rugby game and he went to get food, so I rolled over and turned on 'British Idol' and hid the remote control. He wasn't happy with that, we had an argument, but I think he respected me more. Because I dared to confront him, he looked at me and respected me brave enough to fight him."