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Roy Keane: Best quotes from former Man United star's new book
The store was soon made aware of its mistake, but of course that came after the book had already landed in the arms of the press pack. Cue an evening of revelations from said book.
Here, we round up some of the more explosive quotes to have hit the web.
On United's famous Youth Cup-winning team, which included the likes of David Beckham, Ryan Giggs and Gary Neville: "The 'Class of '92' -- all good players, but their role at the club has become exaggerated. The 'Class of '92' seems to have grown its own legs; it has become a brand. It's as if they were a team away from the team, and they're not shy of plugging into it. But we all had the same aims -- we all had the hunger."
On Paul Scholes: "Scholesy was a top, top player. But I still don't fall for that boy-next-door image, or that he's dead humble. He has more of an edge to him. Everyone thinks he lives in a council flat."
On a bust-up with Peter Schmeichel: "I had a bust-up with Peter when we were on a preseason tour of Asia, in , just after I came back from my cruciate injury. I think we were in Hong Kong. There was drink involved. There'd been a little bit of tension between us over the years, for football reasons.
"There was a lot of noise -- Peter'
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Kevin Pietersen is not the only sportsman to release a controversial book this week: former Manchester United star Roy Keane, currently a coach at Aston Villa, has also got in on the act.
Details of his latest polemic, Roy Keane: The Second Half, which was ghost written by Roddy Doyle, came to light when the book went on sale in a branch of Tescos in Burnage in Manchester three days early.
Copies were snapped up by the media and Matt Lawton of the Daily Mail says the new tome reveals the "darkness of Keane's thoughts" and "offers the kind of insight that will disturb as much as it fascinates".
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Here are seven of the most interesting revelations:
Keane headbutted Peter Schmeichel
The two Manchester United heavyweights came to blows in Hong Kong in "There was drink involved," admits Keane. "The manager had a go at us as we we