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21 of our favourite quotes from birthday boy Roy Keane

The Ireland assistant boss turns 44 today.

1. On Man United fans

Prawn

2. On pundits

Pundits

3. On Saipan

Roy Keane

4. On playing for Ireland

Ireland

5. On Mick McCarthy

Hell

6. On players’ wives

Beckham

7. On Liam Miller’s excuses for continually showing up late for training

Liam

8. On Rio Ferdinand

Rio

9. On his team’s performance against Middlesbrough during that famous MUTV rant

MUTV

10. To Jack Charlton, after Keane arrived half an hour late for the Ireland team bus

kEANE

11. On diving

Diving

12. On his position at Manchester United

United

13. On Gary Neville after that infamous tunnel spat with Patrick Vieira

Nev

14. On his return to the Ireland set-up

Ire

15. On Jamie Redknapp during the 1996 FA Cup final

Redknapp

16. On the 2002 World Cup debacle

Saipan

17. When asked about United potentially giving Alex Ferguson the bumps back in his playing days

Bumps

18. On Alex Ferguson, after his book revelations

keane-meme-2

19. On Cristiano Ronaldo’s Champions League celebrations

Roy Keane 3

20. On Patrick Vieira’s all-time Man United-Arsenal XI

Patrick

21. On Arsenal and selfies

selfies

And finally, here’s one of the most memorable interviews he gave:

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A version of this piece was previously published on 10 August 2014.

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    Mute Griska
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    Aug 10th 2015, 3:22 PM

    Cab driver in Cork told me that when Keane signed for Man Utd, his dad came out of the toilet in the local pub with his lad in his hand saying, “Bet ye never thought this was worth 3 million pound”. I hope it’s a true story.

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    Aug 10th 2015, 4:26 PM

    My favourite Keane quote is when his wife asked him how come he has his kids names tattooed on his arm but not hers. His reply was ‘I’ll never divorce them but I might divorce you’ :)

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    Aug 10th 2015, 7:59 PM

    Not to be pedantic but I think it was ‘they’ll always be my kids…’

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    Aug 10th 2015, 8:11 PM

    Dead right. I knew I was close

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    Aug 10th 2015, 3:32 PM

    Happy Birthday Keano .

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    Aug 10th 2015, 4:42 PM

    Mick McCarty “Where’s your respect?”
    Roy “Where’s your first touch?”.

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    Aug 10th 2015, 5:42 PM

    Video footage Football Gold…Keano love him hate him…still a LEGEND.

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    Aug 10th 2015, 4:41 PM

    10 and 17 get my vote! Brill

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    Aug 10th 2015, 5:45 PM

    “The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men……..”

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    Aug 10th 2015, 8:29 PM

    Langer

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    Mute MARK O 'LEARY
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    Aug 10th 2015, 8:37 PM

    Bogus dude!

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    Aug 10th 2015, 8:48 PM

    Dude, I’ll send the evil robot us’s around to you.

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    Aug 10th 2015, 9:09 PM

    13 14 and 20. Ya won’t beat a bit of Irish humour!

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    Aug 12th 2015, 10:22 AM

    love them all, vintage Keano !!!

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    Aug 12th 2015, 5:39 AM

    Happy birthday to possibly the last real hardman football will see

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    Aug 11th 2015, 9:55 AM

    “in the middle of the perk”……

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