Football comes first, says Keane

ROY KEANE has warned that young Premiership stars should be concentrating on football rather than commercial opportunities.

The Manchester United skipper believes too many of today's Premiership youngsters put money and fame over success on the field.

"I see these players all the time said Keane. "They're all making a good living but I don't want to go down that road. There's a lot of bullshit around footballers. Hopefully I won't get involved in that. I've done one or two adverts and stuff in my career and I'm okay with that when players have proved themselves.

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