Few tell stories as well as Roy Keane, and the Manchester United legend has produced another belter, recalling a night out with his ex teammates during a pre-season tour.
So far, Keane has featured in every episode of The Overlap on Tour, which is available to watch on Sky Max and YouTube.
The Irishman was joined by fellow Sky Sports pundits Gary Neville and Jamie Carragher, who have been travelling around different cities in the UK and Ireland, including a brief stop-off at Anfield where they abseiled down the stadium.
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On the latest episode, Keane was asked to tell a story about a night out which had the studio in stitches.
The 51-year-old lifted the lid on the time he took the rap after a night out in Chicago took a turn and the players ended up in a strip club.
"We had a good night out in pre-season with Man United in Chicago one night that was pretty mad," Keane started out.
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"We had a night out, we took a couple young players, pre-season, we were definitely in Chicago, I remember that.
"Woke up the next morning, Denis is waking me up. We’re kind of trying to get down for the bus where we were travelling.
"I looked and all my face was black, just black. I couldn’t work out what happened. I went: ‘Jesus.’
"Trying to get my gear on. I get on the bus, it’s all coming back to me. I’m sitting at the back of the bus, we’re travelling, obviously towards the airport.
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"Our press officer sends us a story about some of the Man United players being in a strip club, Chicago.
"So I’m down the back, I said: ‘Don’t worry about it. They’ve got no proof. No proof. Everyone relax. I’ve got it under control. I’m obviously the captain, you’re fine with me.’
"Five minutes (later), the phone goes again. Apparently, they’ve got proof. I said: ‘What have they got? What have they got?’
"They said: ‘They’ve got your fingerprints.’ He also said: ‘They have your credit card details. Your passport details.’ And I said: ‘Is that all they’ve got on me?’
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"So the bus erupted. They’ve done a story obviously in-depth and obviously when I went in I gave my fingerprints during the night and then I was just rubbing my face as the night was going on.
"That’s all I was rubbing. I was just rubbing my face. I think they ran the story and the headline in some of the Irish papers was something like ‘Horny Devils’ or something."
The anecdote had the audience in tears of laughter, with Keane forging a reputation for telling stories from his playing days, including the time Kenny Dalglish threatened him after he rejected Blackburn Rovers for Manchester United.
Topics: Roy Keane, Manchester United, Football
Joe Adams