The words that could return to haunt Roy

Rarely has any footballing autobiography stirred as much controversy as Roy Keane’s account of a turbulent career which is currently on hold through injury.

The 31-year-old Irishman’s brutal description of his row with international boss Mick McCarthy, which eventually saw him walk out on the World Cup, his withering condemnation of Jack Charlton’s managerial approach, the sectarian accusations levelled at Northern Irish outfit Linfield which brought the threat of legal action and the claim that his own team-mates had become too fond of their Rolex watches and mansions to care about winning trophies.