Roy Keane. You don’t have to like the type to agree that he was one of the most important players in the Man United team from the 1990s to 2005. The Irishman tried his hand as a coach, but gave up after a stint as an assistant to Martin O’Neil at Nottingham Forest in 2019. Now his mouth is on TV and the internet, always guaranteed headlines in English and foreign media when he opens his mouth. A former United teammate believes Keane should be called in to make a difference at Manchester United.
Mikael Silvestre played with Keane from 1999, and believes the former United captain is the right medicine for the new generations of United players.
“It would be fantastic if he could get a role at Manchester United. The thing about Roy is that he always treated everyone equally. It didn’t matter if you were a new signing, an experienced player or a coach. All. That’s how he deserved everyone’s respect. That’s how Sir Alex (Ferguson) got respect,” Silvestre told an English betting site.
“If you treat everyone the same – then there will be no problems. The new generation of players has a harder time accepting criticism and that is a problem. But if Roy Keane was involved at Manchester United, if he was on the inside and in the group, he would have protected them and worked for them.”
“You wouldn’t see him criticizing players in public (like on TV). So there would be no problems. But the truth is that as soon as you say something to the players today… they don’t collapse, but it affects them much more (than previous generations),” Silvestre explains.
We don’t really know if we agree that Dr. Keane is the solution for United.
