Keane ‘biggest victim of World Cup bust-up’

REPUBLIC of Ireland striker Niall Quinn believes the biggest victim of Roy Keane’s World Cup bust-up was Keane himself.

Quinn has been criticised by Keane for what the Manchester United star saw as his siding with Ireland boss Mick McCarthy following the row, but hit back by claiming Keane’s “unforgiving attitude” made him too much of an individual in a team sport.

“Roy is the biggest victim of all here. We’ll never have to deal with the hurt he’s suffering,” said Quinn, in an extract from his forthcoming autobiography. “No matter how sorry the rest of us were feeling for ourselves, we had a great World Cup. There was a feeling of a job well done in difficult circumstances. Roy just has an empty hole.