No Italian job as Keane held in reserve for France clash

Owen Cowzer

No Italian job as Keane held in reserve for France clash
Tue, 09 Aug, 2005 - 01:00

With Manchester United due to play five games in the opening 18 days of the season, they requested that their star player’s

injury-prone joints be excused from next week’s Lansdowne Road clash.

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