Bryan Robson: I told Fergie bring Roy Keane to United

One of Bryan Robson’s last acts as a player at Old Trafford was to back Alex Ferguson’s judgment in signing Roy Keane.

Speaking in Dublin yesterday, the former ‘Captain Marvel’ of United and England recalled how, in 1993, he contributed his tuppence worth to Ferguson breaking the then British transfer record by spending £3.75m in bring the Nottingham Forest midfielder to Old Trafford.

“In my last year at United, because I wanted to become a manager — and because I always got in really early — the boss allowed me to go up and sit in the trainers’ room and have a cup of tea and chat with them,” said Robson.