Injury, not Ferguson, grounds Keane

ROY KEANE’S lawyer has dismissed claims that the Man United skipper was axed from the Red Devils’ current Far East tour because of a bust-up with Alex Ferguson.

It was claimed yesterday that Ferguson and Keane had a furious altercation at United’s training camp in Portugal three weeks ago after Keane objected to players’ wives and children being invited onto the trip.

The implication was that Keane, who was officially omitted from Ferguson’s 23-man squad because of a hamstring injury, had actually been left out for disciplinary reasons.