Teddy Sheringham breaks silence on Gary Neville getting Roy Keane to admit he didn't like him
Teddy Sheringham had only positive things to say about Roy Keane despite the pair falling out during their time together at Manchester United
Teddy Sheringham called Roy Keane the best leader he'd ever played for - despite the pair having brawled with each other at Manchester United.
The duo spent four years as team-mates with the Premier League giants where they won three league titles with one of those forming as part of the famous Treble in the 1998/99 season.
Despite the history they achieved, Sheringham and Keane never enjoyed a fruitful friendship with the Irishman admitting he never liked the former England striker, thanks to some goading from Gary Neville as part of a game they played for The Overlap.
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In a clip posted on social media, Neville held a picture of Sheringham and was instructed to give Keane non-obvious clues to the identity of the individual in the photo.
The ex-England captain quipped: "You didn't like him... that could be anybody. Jeez, I’ve got a list!" to which Keane got the answer right with his second guess as he replied: "No, you shouldn't say I didn't like him... Jordi [Cruyff]? Or Teddy?"
Aiming for some damage control, Keane cleared up the nature of his relationship with Sheringham during their playing days as he said: "That’s wrong. I didn't mind Teddy," he insisted. "I just didn't get on with him. We had a fallout but that’s just working."
Speaking to Online Poker, Sheringham was asked about the clip but had nothing but praise when it came to Keane as he remarked: "I always respected Roy, he was our captain and our leader and was one of the best players I ever played with. I loved having him in my football teams – I played with him at Nottingham Forest as well as Manchester United and there was no better leader in football that I’d played for.
"Players within big squads will always have differences in opinions, but in terms of what he did on the pitch in the years that I played with him, he was the best captain that I ever played under."
It was in a book titled '1999: Manchester United, the Treble and All That' where Sheringham admitted he and Keane didn't speak for three and a half years after they got into a brawl after exchanging a war of words.
"I’m sitting behind the driver, Keany was next to the driver," he said in the book. Steve Bruce is next to me, [Gary] Pallister, Denis [Irwin], a couple of others in there. Bit of banter flying about in the car. All of a sudden, Keany said: 'Why don't you f*** off back to London in your f***ing red Ferrari and your penthouse?'
"I went: 'Eh?'; And he says: 'Yeah, f*** off back to London'. I'm like: 'Are you coming for me, Keany? Why are you coming for me. F***ing what?'
"And he went: 'f*** off', and he goes on: 'f***ing red Ferrari, penthouse...' Then he jumped round, still with his bad leg, got me by the tie, pulled me towards him, grappling with him. Suddenly everyone's going: 'What's going on?' and pulling us apart."