Roy Keane's fiery management style has been revealed by one of his former players during his disappointing spell in charge of Ipswich Town.
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Man Utd legend's temper exposed by former playerKeane tore into individual players at IpswichHe told Lisbie: 'I don't like you'Follow GOAL on WhatsApp! 🟢📱WHAT HAPPENED?
Former Ipswich striker Kevin Lisbie, who played in the Premier League at Charlton, told the podcast that he had tried to erase Keane's tenure at Portman Road from his memory as it was so difficult. But he lifted the lid on some of the former Manchester United captain's craziest moments in his two-year period as manager, including his outbursts against individual players.
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Lisbie said: "We had a pre-season tour in Ireland, we lost 2-1, and he spent 40 minutes just hammering players. [He said to certain players] 'You're going to be working in McDonald's in a couple of weeks… I heard we turned down a £1million bid for you and I would've snapped their hand off for it now.'"
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Lisbie revealed that despite scoring in the match Keane took one look at him and told him he would never play for Ipswich again. He explained: "I'd actually scored on that day so I was sitting with a smile thinking he's got nothing to say about me, he's going to compliment me, but he just walked up to me and said: 'And I just don't like you. I just don't like your body language and I just don't like nothing about you. Yeah, yeah, you suck your teeth at me, you'll never play for me again'. We went back, and I never played for him again, so at least he was a man of his word! Literally that was it, and he just said: 'Try and find a club.'"
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Lisbie said Keane only wanted to work with young players as he could influence their careers more than veterans, which he saw as a sign of the manager-turned-pundit's low self-esteem. "I don't think he was too interested in having senior pros, I think he much preferred to have the younger generation that he could mold. I don't know if it's an insecurity," he said. "Ben Thatcher was there at the time, he tried to get Ben out but he was retiring that year. Roy said to him he might as well leave but Ben wanted to stay. He got him in at 6am everyday and he lived about two hours away. I remember when he told him he had to come in over Christmas. As we were walking out, there was a helicopter over our training ground. It lands on the ground, and Ben Thatcher runs out in his boots! And Roy Keane was just like [shaking his head]."
