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Joe Donnohue

'Roy Keane leaving Saipan in 2002 galvanised us but Mick McCarthy wasn't right to question him in front of the squad' Ex-Republic of Ireland international Clinton Morrison gives first-hand account of famous 2002 World Cup fallout

Clinton Morrison's Top Top Column.

I’ll start this week by talking about the drive I had around Manchester with Micah Richards and Roy Keane, where I got Roy’s perspective of what happened in Saipan back in 2002.

It was fascinating to get his insight. I asked him, “Do you have any regrets?” I thought he was going to say, “Maybe.” But he said he doesn't really have any, and was just disappointed by the way it was handled. He said if Mick McCarthy had come up to him, knocked on his door and just apologised, Roy Keane would have still been at the World Cup.

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