Keane tells United pair to 'buck up'

Roy Keane has read the riot act on Manchester United defenders Phil Jones and Chris Smalling, insisting the pair have “gone backwards” and need to buck up their ideas if they are ever to succeed at Old Trafford.

Keane tells United pair to 'buck up'

Roy Keane has read the riot act on Manchester United defenders Phil Jones and Chris Smalling, insisting the pair have “gone backwards” and need to buck up their ideas if they are ever to succeed at Old Trafford.

Jones, 22, and Smalling, 24, were both named in Roy Hodgson’s 23-man England squad on Monday ahead of the World Cup this summer, despite underwhelming campaigns for the Reds.

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