Keane: No regrets over World Cup shame

Roy Keane insists he has no regrets about his infamous World Cup exit following a row with Republic of Ireland manager Mick McCarthy in 2002 and would “do it again tomorrow”.

Keane began his managerial career with Sunderland yesterday promising to curb his notorious temper and revealing he has buried the hatchet with both Niall Quinn – his new boss on Wearside – and Alex Ferguson.

However, the fiery 35-year-old insists he is not sorry for the bust-up with McCarthy which cost him the opportunity to captain his country at a World Cup.

“I’ve had my disagreements with literally thousands of people but I’m humble enough to apologise if I've done something wrong,” he said.

“What happened at the World Cup, I would do again tomorrow.

“The Saipan thing was a completely different issue in terms of disagreement with managers. The bottom line is that if a manager accuses me of faking injury I will not accept it. And I won’t accept it to the day I die.”