Keane: It’s just not in my make-up to go out and break someone’s leg

Roy Keane has reiterated that he has no regrets about his infamous tackle on Manchester City’s Alf Inge Haaland. But he also insists that he did not go into the challenge with malice aforethought.

“I have no regret about the incident,” he said yesterday. “It was a late tackle and I got punished for it, but if people think I went out to damage a player or put them in hospital or go on a stretcher or break someone’s leg, absolutely not, it’s not in my makeup. To hit people and hurt them, yeah, just like people were there to do it to me.”

Speaking to Sean O’ Rourke on RTE Radio, Keane said there was a difference between going out to hurt or injure someone.