7 footballers who openly criticized their manager

#3 Roy Keane on Sir Alex Ferguson

Despite winning many titles together, Keane and Ferguson were often at each other’s throats

One could actually write an entire book about the number of times Roy Keane opened his mouth to spew venom at his former manager.

Here is an extract of what Roy Keane had to say when Sir Alex revealed a bit too much in his autobiography.

“I felt it was a bit harsh to criticise me or other players,” Kean told Football Focus. “We did OK for the club, had a bit of success, won a few trophies, and here is the manager criticising us all.”

“A manager who has made millions of pounds out of us, got statues and stands named after him, and he thinks he can criticise us without anybody saying anything to him because he thinks he's got all this power. "I thought, 'No, why should we sit back and listen to this nonsense?'”

When asked whether he would say this all to Ferguson when he met him in person, he added: "Truthfully, I'd probably have a go at him. Yeah, why not?

“What would I say? Why are you talking nonsense about us, talking rubbish about me and other lads who have done well? He'd probably defend himself, take a running jump as you'd expect. But I don't see why we should just accept it - it was all about power and control for him.”

“I'm 43 years of age - am I supposed to be frightened of him? You've got to take them on. Football is a small world, so I'm sure we'll cross each other, and I look forward to it.”

Well, Mr. Keane, you were never frightened of anything at any given age whatsoever.