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After some unflattering comparisons with everyone from Saddam Hussein to Harry from ‘Harry and the Hendersons’, Roy Keane has decided to shave off the beard.

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"Is he a farmer? Or a wizard?"

Alf-Inge Haaland has reacted to Roy Keane’s latest comments about him by comparing the former Manchester United captain’s beard to that of Saddam Hussein.