Roy: Fairytale finale never on cards for me and Alex

Roy Keane has reopened his feud with Alex Ferguson by claiming his former manager preached loyalty but never showed him any.

Speaking at a Q&A session at the Lancashire County Cricket Club — just minutes from Old Trafford — to promote his new autobiography ‘The Second Half’, Keane dissected his acrimonious departure from the Premier League club in 2005 and insisted that although he may have pushed the boundaries, he didn’t cross them.

“I don’t think for one minute that I crossed the line. I felt I was coming to an end anyway but the stuff afterwards irritated me. The issues I had came about after I left. Lots of stuff came out that I felt were lies. Fergie would have pals in the media. I thought it was an inside job: ‘Get the message out that he’s a loose cannon’.”