Centre half role is a stroll for Keane

Alex Ferguson felt Roy Keane was so comfortable in his new central defensive role on Tuesday that he could have completed the game wearing ‘a bowler hat and white gloves’.

Alex Ferguson felt Roy Keane was so comfortable in his new central defensive role on Tuesday that he could have completed the game wearing ‘a bowler hat and white gloves’.

Yet the Manchester United manager will not hesitate to restore his captain to his usual midfield spot for Sunday’s Worthington Cup final clash with Liverpool.

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