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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
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Robert Hynes

Roy Keane showed thoughtful side with gesture to former Manchester United teammate

Roy Keane once reached out to a former teammate in an attempt to get the goalkeeper into coaching.

Raimond van der Gouw spent most of his six years as a Manchester United player as a back-up keeper to the likes of of Peter Schmeichel and Fabien Barthez.

But he did make 60 appearances for the Red Devils and Keane clearly thought highly of the Dutchman as he offered him a coaching role when the Cork native was Sunderland manager.

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