Keane fan Vieira not ruling out playing for United

PATRICK VIEIRA has defended straight-talking Manchester United captain Roy Keane and does not rule out one day succeeding him as the Red Devils’ midfield general.

Keane was so critical of his team-mates in a recent MUTV programme that the show was permanently pulled from the schedule, but Vieira who often went head to head with the United man in his nine years at Arsenal has nothing but respect for the Irishman.

"What I like about him is he is facing everybody. He has to say what he thinks is right," said the Frenchman, who joined Juventus in the summer.