Fergie backs under-fire Keane

MAN UTD captain Roy Keane has received powerful backing from Alex Ferguson after the ex Irish skipper's recent conduct was called into question at the club's agm yesterday.

One female supporter, disgruntled at the almost constant rows which have erupted around the 31-year-old over the past few months, doesn't believe the club should have acted so leniently.

United officials arranged the flights which brought Keane home after his infamous World Cup walk-out, while club legal expert Maurice Watkins was on hand to defend the Cork man against the two FA disrepute charges which arose out of comments made in his autobiography.