Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Roy Keane are still on the same wavelength from their time at Manchester United - even if the former Red Devils boss was snubbed by the Irishman.
The two old team-mates have a deep mutual respect for one another after spending the majority of their career at Old Trafford. They were integral parts of Sir Alex Ferguson's squad that just could not stop winning.
Both have their legends already forged at the club with countless memories that United fans will keep with them to the grave. That includes their famous Treble winning season in 1999, where Solskjaer's late double against Bayern Munich won them the Champions League.
But that was not enough to earn a spot in Keane's all-time United XI - which left him where Fergie opted to utilise him mainly - on the sidelines. On the contrary, the ex-United captain was one of the first names on the teamsheet for Solskjaer.
Back in 2020, Solskjaer was manager of the Red Devils and was asked to pick his dream six-a-side from his old teammates at the club. He picked Edwin van der San in goal with Jaap Stam in defence. Ahead of them were Paul Scholes, Ryan Giggs, Cristiano Ronaldo and Keane.
Perhaps losing count, Solskjaer said: “Edwin probably, maybe David [de Gea] but maybe I can’t pick the ones I’m managing so I’d pick Edwin as the keeper. I’d have to have Jaap at the back. Giggsy would play with his skills. Cristiano, me, Keano and Scholsey. How many is that?”
But Keane had a very different look to his own team with the Norwegian not making the cut.
The former midfielder picked Peter Schmeichel, Gary Neville, Stan, Garry Pallister, Dennis Irwin, David Beckham, Paul Ince, Bryan Robson, Giggs, Ronaldo and Wayne Rooney. And the ex-United skipper admitted that he had left out some real stars.
On Sky Sports, he said: "Yorkie was brilliant, Cantona was brilliant, Ruud, Mark Hughes, Ole. Oh my goodness.
"Ronaldo and Wayne have to go for what they achieved in the game. All the other brilliant lads I’ve played with, I couldn’t leave any of them two out.
"It was easy. You see these young lads coming through, as long as they’re giving their all, that’s part of learning. These lads, Wayne and Ronaldo, I always felt their priority was football at Man United.
"If they make a mistake, you try and help them. Sometimes players have to learn from their mistakes, We certainly wouldn’t be coming down hard."
