Roy Keane was ‘up there with Zinedine Zidane’ reckons former Man Utd teammate | Football

The Australian played with the Irishman during his brief stint at Old Trafford from 1999-2001 and was clearly very impressed.

The Red Devils won the Premier League in Bosnich’s only season as their first choice goalkeeper, with Keane the captain of the side and a key player.

Bosnich reckons the central midfielder was as good as anyone in the world at the time, including legendary Frenchman Zidane.

‘I said this to Roy Keane when he came over here to Australia, he was one of the greatest players of his generation, far better than a lot of people gave him credit for,’ Bosnich told FastestPayoutOnlineCasino.com.

‘I’m talking up there with the likes of Zinedine Zidane. That night against Juventus in the Champions League semi-final he was outstanding, player of the match.

‘I think a lot of people concentrate some more on perhaps his enforcer role that he played later in his career, but he was an outstanding player of his generation. He had very, very high standards.’

Keane is regularly linked with a return to management after spells in charge of Sunderland and Ipswich, but Bosnich is not sure it would be the right move for him.

‘I’d rather Roy Keane stay on TV,’ he said. ”I think in the present day environment after speaking to a lot of ex-players who are now managers, you have to be very very careful how you speak to the new generation of players.

‘As we’ve seen with the punditry, I think it’s very difficult for him to sugarcoat anything, these days it would probably get him into more trouble than it’s worth.’

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