‘Do not f*** with this guy’ – Rio Ferdinand still shocked by infamous Manchester United bust-up

Rio Ferdinand has recalled the rift between Sir Alex Ferguson and Roy Keane which led to the Irishman’s infamous Old Trafford exit.

Former United captain Keane gave a bombshell interview to club channel MUTV in 2005, criticising a host of teammates following a 3-1 defeat at Middlesbrough.

Ferdinand was among those called out by Keane with Alan Smith, Darren Fletcher and Kieran Richardson also bearing the brunt.

Ferguson stepped in to stop the interview being broadcasted after being left seething by Keane’s rant.

The legendary manager subsequently called a meeting with the midfielder alongside chief executive David Gill where Keane was informed he would never play for the club again and his current contract, which was nearing its expiry, would be paid off.

Ferdinand shed more light on the bust-up between the pair on his FIVE YouTube channel and described the saga as a ‘movie in itself.’

“We play a game on a Saturday, a player gets nominated on MUTV to do analysis of that game,” Ferdinand recalled.

“We get beat by Middlesbrough, everyone plays rubbish. Roy Keane does the video analysis and destroys the whole team, including me. He goes through people individually, hammers them.

“The manager, before it goes out, gets wind of it, cancels it going out, says it ain’t going out anywhere, that is a disgrace, it can’t happen.

“Calls a meeting at the training ground, we all go into the manager’s office, watch it and the manager goes off. It’s a movie in itself, everyone’s cringing. The manager’s going how dare you, I’m the only one who should speak about our players publicly.”

Sir Alex x Roy Keane leaving Manchester United….pic.twitter.com/i8PReH03DX

Ferguson then told the rest of his squad that Keane would never play for Manchester United