Roy Keane accuses Sir Alex Ferguson of still wanting control at Manchester United

Roy Keane has launched another tirade against his former manager

Former United captain and newly appointed assistant manager of the Republic of Ireland, Roy Keane, has said that former manager Sir Alex Ferguson is refusing to let go of his influence and control at Manchester United.

Ferguson’s replacement, David Moyes, has had a rough ride so far with his team struggling for form, especially at home where they have lost three games already and currently sit ninth in the table.

“Everything is about control and power [with Ferguson],” said Keane, who left United following a public falling out with the Scottish manager, after a controversial interview with MUTV where he launched a violent attack on his teammates.

“He is still striving for it now even though he’s not manager – there’s massive ego involved in that.”

Keane won seven Premier League titles, four FA Cups and the Champions League under Ferguson between 1993 and 2005, but is of the opinion that he has not got enough respect for those achievements from Ferguson.

Ferguson had mentioned Keane in his recently released autobiography where he praised his former captain for “covering every blade of grass” during United’s 1999 Champions League semi-final second leg against Juventus. But Keane believes that comment, if anything, was disrespectful.

“Stuff like that almost insults me. I get offended when people give quotes like that about me. It’s like praising the postman for delivering letters,” he said.

Keane was speaking on the occasion of an ITV4 documentary called ‘Keane and Vieira: The Best of Enemies’ which airs on Tuesday night and explores the rivalry between the two captains of the two most fierce rivals at the time.