Roy Keane is someone who is not afraid to make his opinion known on a given subject, with the Cork man having made some controversial statements down through the years.

Be it related to his time as a player, manager, or society in general, Keane has often publicly criticised certain figures. A prime example came back in 2024, when he had this to say about team masseuses:

What used to annoy me was the lads who used to do the massages, they’d get a bit cocky. They settle into the club then they think they’re running the show, have got the music on and the team wins something, and all the masseurs would be on the pitch.

We’re having a night out, free bar, and then they’d come with all their mates. Then they’d be wearing their headphones as if they were players, coming off the bus.

Anyone selling their car? – they’d try and buy the players’ cars on the cheap.

They hang around and get players’ boots. They end up having loads of boots and the lads’ trainers – scavengers in the dressing room.

Those comments did not go down well in some quarters, particularly with one former Manchester United employee.

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Former Manchester United Staffer Call Out Roy Keane

Rod Thornley was a physio at Manchester United for almost two decades, joining the club during Alex Ferguson’s tenure before eventually departing in 2019. He would have crossed paths with Roy Keane during that spell, although it seems that the pair did not exactly have a close relationship.

Speaking on The Busby Way Podcast, Thornley criticised the Irishman for his previous comments about club staff, suggesting they were a thinly veiled dig at him. He went to suggest that he saw Keane ‘bully’ people during their time at Old Trafford.

I witnessed him (Keane) bully people many a time.

He went on about masseuses and buying players’ cars. He sold his car to the caretaker at Man United.

So like, I can’t buy one off a player, but you can sell it to a member of staff.

All the things he said were just bulls***, just aimed trying to hurt me.

I then got abused online massively and it affected me mentally. It just was f***ing horrible.

It’s typical him – bullying someone. That’s what Roy Keane’s about a lot of the times.

Strong words.

These comments seem like quite the contrast to what other former Manchester United staff have had to say about Roy Keane in the past, with it being widely accepted that he treated those at the training ground and Old Trafford with a huge amount of respect.

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