Ben Thornley: ‘There are many things I loved about Roy Keane’

Manchester United starlet Ben Thornley’s burgeoning career was derailed by a tackle that resulted in the Bury native having knee ligaments looking like a ‘book opened up on its spine’.

The tackle — inflicted by Blackburn Rovers veteran Nicky Marker — left the talented 18-year-old with a dreaded, and career threatening, cruciate knee ligament injury.