Keane blasts Babb after bust-up claim

ROY KEANE yesterday rounded on former Republic of Ireland teammate Phil Babb for claiming the Sunderland manager had been involved in a training-ground bust-up on the day false rumours circulated that he had quit Wearside.

On Sky Sports, ex-Sunderland defender Babb said Keane had been involved in a training-ground confrontation on the eve of last Saturday’s game at Blackburn.

But Keane hit back, saying: “You get people working for TV stations who say they know for a fact that there was a bust-up on the Friday. I wasn’t even at training on Friday, I was in Manchester at a meeting.