ROY KEANE has launched a furious rant about masseurs in football.
The straight talking pundit and Manchester United legend has labelled the massage experts as “cocky” and “useless”.
Keane, who is well known for his passionate rants, found another pet peeve to offload about when sitting down with Gary Neville, Ian Wright and Wayne Rooney.
The 53-year-old was speaking on The Overlap, brought to you by Sky Bet, when he said: “What used to annoy me was the lads who used to do the massages, they’d get a bit cocky.
“They settle into the club then they think they’re running the show, have got the music on and the team wins something, and all the masseurs would be on the pitch – just relax lads.
“They all get a bit cocky, every one of them. We’re having a night out, free bar, and then they’d come with all their mates – ‘you’re bringing your mates,’ relax!
“‘Are we getting medals?,’ no you’re not getting a medal, relax.
“Then they’d be wearing their headphones as if they were players, coming off the bus and you’re thinking, just relax, oh my god.
“‘Anyone selling their car?’ – they’d try and buy the players cars on the cheap, are you’re like lads relax.”
Keane continued his furious rant – explaining that, in his experience, the masseurs would grow friendly with the players.
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He added: “What happens to them, they become mates with them [players].
“They play golf with them and then they think they’re a coach, a manager, and best buddies with all the players and before you know it, they’re an agent, advising them.”
He then recalled one former teammate who would spend so long getting massages before the game that Keane would be concerned he was too relaxed to do battle on the pitch.
The Ireland icon said: “I couldn’t understand the lads who used to get massages right before the match.
“There was a lad, who when we used to go away with Ireland, he brought his own guy.
“I used to look at him before the match, a big game, and he’d having a proper massage like when you’re away with your wife on the weekend.
“I’m looking at him going: ‘you cannot be ready to go to battle’. By the time he got off the bench, he’d been getting a massage for 40-minutes, and he was all loose, baby oil everywhere.
“Stop doing the massages, useless. If you can’t get a massage before training, they think they can’t play properly. I’d get rid of all of them, honestly, all of them. Maybe keep one.
“Do you know what else they do? They hang around and get players boots. They end up having loads of boots and the lads’ trainers – scavengers in the dressing room.
“Get rid of all the masseurs, every one of them. You have managers going they’re really important. They are not important.”
By the time Keane had finally brought his passionate monologue to a close, Wayne Rooney was left asking how the four football stars had even got onto the topic of conversation.
And Neville, all too used to the antics of his former teammate Keane, joked: “You’re never quite sure when the pin is going to come out of the grenade on this show.
“You just say the simple word ‘massage’ and all of a sudden we’re done.”
Rooney had his own insight on the subject, revealing how two Chelsea players would have their feet massaged in bed until they fell asleep.
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