Roy Keane made it clear in no uncertain terms that he is still not fond of former Manchester United teammate Peter Schmeichel following an awkward exchange on Monday Night Football.
Keane and Schmeichel were two figureheads of the team that dominated domestically under Sir Alex Ferguson during the nineties, but it is common knowledge that the pair have very rarely seen eye to eye. The former labelled United's old shot-stopper "overrated" in the past and even revealed in his autobiography that he and Schmeichel once came to blows during a pre-season tour of Asia.
Keane appeared to reignite the feud during his stint on Monday Night Football when he gave a frosty response after finding out Schmeichel was the surprise holder of a goalscoring record.
During Nottingham Forest's 1-1 draw with Aston Villa on Monday night, Ashley Young became the second oldest-ever goalscorer in the club's history when he restored parity with a sweet drive from outside the box in the first half. That means the 37-year-old is now the second oldest Villa goalscorer behind Schmeichel, who netted for the Midlands outfit during the 2001/02 campaign.
Keane was informed of that stat by the team on Monday Night Football, who referred to Schmeichel as a "friend". But Keane, who rolled his eyes at the information, quickly snapped back: "Did you say a friend?"
Keane and Schmeichel were influential figures in the United team that won a historic treble in 1999, but their rocky relationship had been at breaking point just a year before that triumph when they came to physical blows.
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Keane detailed their infamous fight in his autobiography. He wrote: "I had a bust-up with Peter when we were on a pre-season tour of Asia, in 1998, just after I came back from my cruciate injury. I think we were in Hong Kong.
"There was drink involved. There'd been a little bit of tension between us over the years, for football reasons. Peter would come out shouting at players, and I felt sometimes he was playing up to the crowd: 'Look at me!'
"He said 'I've had enough of you, it's time we sorted this out.' So I said 'Okay' and we had a fight. It felt like 10 minutes. There was a lot of noise - Peter's a big lad.
"Nicky Butt had been filling me in on what had happened the night before. Butty had refereed the fight. Anyway, Peter had grabbed me, I'd head-butted him - we'd been fighting for ages. At the press conference, Peter took his sunglasses off. He had a black eye."
