Man Utd: Roy Keane and Terry Sheringham's bust-up that stopped them speaking for 3.5 years

Roy Keane certainly got into some scraps and scrapes during his time in professional football.

Renowned the world over for his fearsome leadership, combative playing style and no-nonsense mantra, the Manchester United legend was probably the last person in the sport that you wanted to get on the wrong side of.

However, that was seemingly where Teddy Sheringham found himself for no less than three and a half years according to the man himself in a book titled: ‘1999: Manchester United, the Treble and All That,’ which is slated for release next week.

The Times have reported an extract from the book where Sheringham explains the wild story of a bust-up with Keane that took place during their time as United teammates.

The treble winners had also shared the Nottingham Forest dressing room earlier in their careers, but clearly that didn’t stand for much during a 1998 bus journey from a night out with the United squad.

That’s because Sheringham, who also famously fell out with Red Devils strike partner Andy Cole, tells the tale of how his row with Keane started almost entirely out of the blue, but went onto last for years upon years.

Sheringham’s account goes as follows: “I’m sitting behind the driver, Keany was next to the driver. Steve Bruce is next to me, [Gary] Pallister, Denis [Irwin], a couple of others in there. Bit of banter flying about in the car.

“All of a sudden, Keany said: ‘Why don’t you f*** off back to London in your f***ing red Ferrari and your penthouse?’

“I went: ‘Eh?’; And he says: ‘Yeah, f*** off back to London’.

“I’m like: ‘Are you coming for me, Keany? Why are you coming for me, you Paddy? F***ing what?’

“And he went: ‘f*** off’, and he goes on: ‘f***ing red Ferrari, penthouse…’. 

“Then he jumped round,