Roy Keane - Spurs Fan...

[thinktank]

29 Jun 2015 13:35:00

The Republic of Ireland coach says that he broke his ties with the Red Devils when he left in 2005 and has always held a soft spot for Tottenham, Glenn Hoddle and Clive Allen

To many supporters, Roy Keane epitomised the successful Manchester United sides of the nineties and the turn of the century.

Keane won seven Premier League titles, four FA Cups and a Champions League trophy during his time at Old Trafford and was captain of the club for much of his 12-year stay.

But the Irishman revealed recently that he was never a fan of United and even followed Tottenham as a child.

"I didn't even think I was a Man United fan when I was playing for them," Keane said at a recent Q&A for children's charity Barretstown.

"I was more of a Spurs fan, believe it or not. God knows where that came from. But no, 'fan' [of United] is too strong of a word."

He added: "Just because I played for Manchester United didn't mean I was a fan of the team. Of course, if they're playing Liverpool these days I would want United to win.

"But when I left a club, I broke my ties. When I played for Rockmount, one of my team-mate's fathers used to bring me to training and he supported Tottenham. That's where it started. I liked their players, the likes of Glenn Hoddle and Clive Allen.

"But after I'd come back from trial at Nottingham Forest, Spurs offered me a trial. I turned it down because Forest had been good me, I liked the club and felt some loyalty to them."

http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/4160/extra-time/2015/06/29/13148612/-

 

[danielneeds]

What a signing he would have been, if we'd been able to pinch him before Forest. Imagine the Klinsmann team with Keane in midfield rather than David Howells...

 

[Geyzer Soze]

Childhood team?

 

[thinktank]

What a signing he would have been, if we'd been able to pinch him before Forest. Imagine the Klinsmann team with Keane in midfield rather than David Howells...

Innit. The midfielder we've always been missing.

 

[danielneeds]

Innit. The midfielder we've always been missing.

It's a game of fine margins innit. Souness could have easily been Mackay's heir, had he not lacked patience and Billy Nic not been too proud to cede to his demands to be in the first team as a teenager.

 

[Spurger King]

You could tell he was a bit of a Spurs fan when he said "Spurs always let you down."

The words of someone who knows what this club is all about.

 

[chinaman]

Innit. The midfielder we've always been missing.

Yes, the closest thing to Dave MacKay.

 

[IGSpur]

It's a game of fine margins innit. Souness could have easily been Mackay's heir, had he not lacked patience and Billy Nic not been too proud to cede to his demands to be in the first team as a teenager.

Happened to SAF and Pogba. I understand managers mean well and have to sort of look like they're in control but it is a risk with player development. If you have an exceptional talent, they will know and have confidence in their ability and want to play. Either play them or risk losing them to someone else. I don't see the problem in playing them. If they come off great you have a top player and managed them well. If they don't, they either get back in their box and work hard, or lose confidence and never make it as a top player in the future. The latter while it sounds bad, at least saves them from making it elsewhere and using it against you, so I don't really see the risk in it. Man Utd lost a 70m midfielder and are still trying to find one, and I don't remember Souness but he ended up winning the CL so must have been a top player.

Also I do like Keane, and his straight talking. I can just imagine him sitting at a Children's Charity with hopeful little kids meeting their hero (who all probably support Man Utd). Who did you support Mr Keane they ask wide eyed as they expect him to make their wishes and say Man Utd, but no Keane couldn't bring himself to lie to them, and just breaks their hearts. Well played Mr Keane, well played.

 

[IGSpur]

You could tell he was a bit of a Spurs fan when he said "Spurs always let you down."

The words of someone who knows what this club is all about.

I didn't take offense because it was true. It sounds like an insult but it is something a Spurs fan would say. Most on the outside thought he was coming across as a straight talking pundit, whereas he was actually just speaking from the heart, of the disappointment he has felt as a fan

 

[thinktank]

You could tell he was a bit of a Spurs fan when he said "Spurs always let you down."

The words of someone who knows what this club is all about.

There was always a genuine underlying sadness when he said that.

 

[rabbikeane]

in an alternative universe Roy Keane formed a midifeld Spurs duo with Paul Gascoigne, flanked by Darren Anderton and the veteran Chris Waddle, supporting the front line of Teddy Sheringham and Jurgen Klinsmann .....

 

[robbo_spur]

To be fair, he's never said any different. Mentions it as far back as 2002 in his autobiography.

 

[ronspurs]

so is this Plan A ?

 

[RickyVilla]

so is this Plan A ?

Blue & Yellow I think.

 

[TottenhamMattSpur]

Even if we did sign him, he'd have moved on quickly.
We were fucking dreadful after Gazza and Lineker left. I don't think we missed him tbh.

 

[Maske2g]

Even if we did sign him, he'd have moved on quickly.
We were fucking dreadful after Gazza and Lineker left. I don't think we missed him tbh.

It wasn't for the want of trying. We spent money. We signed bad bad players.

Calderwood, Kevin Scott, Gica Popescu, Ilie Dumitrescu, Cundy, Gray, Durie, Dozzell, Rosenthal, Fox, Sinton,

When we did sign good players, Anderton, Ferdinand, Armstrong, they missed more games than they played. Even Teddy missed nearly his entire second season.

 

[Gassin's finest]

Don't blame him at all for staying under the tutelage of someone like Cloughie.

 

[HotspurFC1950]

Yes, the closest thing to Dave MacKay.

Mackay scored goals.

 

[Metalhead]

It wasn't for the want of trying. We spent money. We signed bad bad players.

Calderwood, Kevin Scott, Gica Popescu, Ilie Dumitrescu, Cundy, Gray, Durie, Dozzell, Rosenthal, Fox, Sinton,

When we did sign good players, Anderton, Ferdinand, Armstrong, they missed more games than they played. Even Teddy missed nearly his entire second season.

With some of those players we signed, it did seem like they were good at the time: Dumitrescu, Fox and....well that's about it to be fair. Maybe Popescu.

 

[Maske2g]

With some of those players we signed, it did seem like they were good at the time: Dumitrescu, Fox and....well that's about it to be fair. Maybe Popescu.

I think you can say that about any player in the league now. On their day they can be excellent. But having that day almost every week, or only 5 times a season is the difference. See Lamela, Eric.