Keane’s boys are in the army now

ROY KEANE is determined not to have a bunch of pampered ‘Big-time Charlies’ in his Ipswich Town squad.

The man voted British football’s toughest player will send his players on a gruelling pre-season training course with the Parachute Regiment and they can expect tough military-style training at Merville Barracks training centre in nearby Colchester.

Media officer for the 16th Assault Brigade, Captain Jim Crompton said: “The courses are designed to promote team-cohesion, develop leadership skills and improve physical fitness. That would entail military style training, mental and physical challenges.