ROY KEANE has revealed that the vocal passion of his team-mates before big games would IRRITATE the fiery midfielder.
Hardly a shrinking violet on the pitch during his Manchester United heyday, the Irishman claims to have been a picture of tranquility ahead of finals.
Keane, 49, once became notoriously riled up at Arsenal rival Patrick Vieira ahead of a clash in 2005.
Yet, speaking to ITV ahead of the Euro 2020 final, he insisted that he was typically chilled in the dressing room.
He said: “When you get to this stage, you’ve been in the game long enough to know what suits you best.
“I used to be actually quite calm before the game – other lads would be shouting and roaring which actually used to irritate me.
“But you just get in the zone.”
Fellow pundit and United hero Gary Neville said he was no shouter before Keane joked: “I wasn’t talking about you.”
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Ian Wright meanwhile, described himself on such occasions as ‘very excited… but petrified’.
Keane has plenty of experience in big games, winning the FA Cup on four occasions.
However, he watched United win the 1999 Champions League from the sidelines having famously been suspended during the semi-final.
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Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
