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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
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Mark McCadden

Kleberson on the putdown he couldn't deliver to Roy Keane, because his English was 'horrible'

World Cup winner Kleberson has revealed that he once wanted to hit Roy Keane with a savage putdown during a fiery dressing room encounter - but his English wasn’t up to scratch.

The 2002 winner was on the wrong end of a Keane blast early in his Old Trafford career.

He arrived in Manchester a year after Brazil’s triumph, but managed only 20 appearances in two seasons at the club before joining Besiktas.

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