Wes Brown: There were a lot of ruthless people at Manchester United at the time, but Bart was the one I didn’t want to mess with

October 16 News: Former Manchester United player Wes Brown talked about the Manchester United team that year in a recent interview. Among all the "ruthless characters", he thought the person who was least likely to be trifled with was a little surprising.

Wes Brown said: "Yes, Nicky Butt is great. We have players like Vidic, who will not tolerate stupid behavior; Stam is also a difficult guy to deal with; and of course Roy Keane, if something goes wrong, he can definitely deal with it. There are a few tough players in that team, but they are also good people.

"But I want to mention Butt in particular, he is a Gorton man, he is very close to me, and he is also a good person. But if there's one person I especially don't want to offend, especially when he's being aggressive, it's Bart. He can protect himself very well. "

Former Manchester United youth training player Kevin Grogan revealed another side of Keane. He said: "On the first day I trained with the youth team, the second day with the reserve team, and on the third day I trained with the first team. At the beginning we would play some ball control games, such as kicking the ball and grabbing the circle. I remember Bart kicking the ball so hard at me that I couldn't control it with one touch.

"The ball bounced and I went to get the vest and was about to go in. Then Keane interjected and said, 'Don't you ever do that to him again.' Then Keane turned to me and said, 'You don't have to get that vest.' It's great to have people like that supporting you."