Roy Keane compliments music to Kieran O’Hara’s ears

When he wasn’t praising the strikers for finding the back of the net or, if the occasion called for it, not so gently reminding them to at least hit the target, Roy Keane was throwing a few compliments — “good hands”, “great save” — in the direction of the young goalkeeper who was being kept busy between the posts at Ireland’s training session here in Belek yesterday.

And for Mancunian Kieran O’Hara, it was music to his ears.

“When I was growing up, Roy was Manchester United captain and a club legend,” the 21-year-old said when the session was over.