Legendary Man Utd hardman Roy Keane ‘at his nicest when he did YOGA’, reveals former team-mate Mikael Silvestre
MANCHESTER UNITED legend Roy Keane became famous for his hardman persona on the pitch, but had a soft side on his downtime. According to Keane‘s former United team-mate Mikael Silvestre, the famous captain did YOGA, which is when he was “at his nicest”. Silvestre revealed that he and Keane were joined by Ryan Giggs, Phil […]
MANCHESTER UNITED legend Roy Keane became famous for his hardman persona on the pitch, but had a soft side on his downtime.
According to Keane‘s former United team-mate Mikael Silvestre, the famous captain did YOGA, which is when he was “at his nicest”.
Silvestre revealed that he and Keane were joined by Ryan Giggs, Phil Neville, Gary Neville and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer as they all tried to find their inner peace.
The former France international even added that the intimidating Keane even enjoyed it.
Silvestre told Betting Expert: “We spent some times talking at the training ground, but where he was at his nicest was probably where we did yoga.
“It was me, Ryan Giggs, Phil Neville, Gary Neville, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer – we went once or twice a week.
“It prolonged his career I’d say – it prolonged Giggsy’s for sure.
“I was already stretching a lot before going to Manchester United but for these guys it was kind of new, and they enjoyed it.”
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Keane admitted a while back that he did indeed try yoga at least once in 2003 before United faced Real Madrid at Old Trafford.
But the former Republic of Ireland international doesn’t think it benefited him much.
Keane said: “We played Real Madrid one time at home, but I just tried yoga a couple of days before that and I couldn’t get going.
“My energy . . . I couldn’t get a kick. I was taken off, and I remember thinking ‘I’m finished with real top level football’.”
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