More than 20 years after Roy Keane's criminal attack on Alf-Inge Haaland, the former Manchester United midfielder remains unrepentant about what happened.
Despite the fact that the Irishman seriously injured Erling Haaland's father, the former player emphatically assured in a conversation with Micah Richards on Sky Sports that he has no regrets for what happened.
“I can tell you something? I've never regretted anything I've done on a soccer field, never, ”Keane responded with conviction when Richards asked him about his chilling tackle. “They have expelled me and I have disappointed my team, but for me I was in the battle with the people, I was in the middle of the park.”
Richards threw a glove at Keane by clarifying that the idea was not to hurt Haaland, something the Irishman agreed to. “No, no, of course (I didn't want to injure Haaland)”, although later he added: Did I go to hurt the players? Of course I did. I would never apologize for that. And people went to hurt me ”.
“I never, never went out to injure a player in my life, (but) did I go out to harm players? Sure, ”Keane added. “When you go for a ball in the middle of the park, chances are high that someone will get hurt.”
In 2008, Haaland's father told Sportsmail that “the worst thing about what (Keane) did and what he wrote in his book is the example he set for young children who follow big-name players like him. They see these things and think it's okay. “
“I played in the midfield, I had run-ins with people every week, but at the end of the game you shake hands and the problems remain in the field. That's what must have happened between him and me, ”Alf-Inge added.