Keane bitter about United exit

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The Sunderland manager claims he was told "certain things at certain meetings that were basic lies". Keane left Old Trafford by mutual consent in November 2005 after a prolonged absence with a foot injury, later joining Celtic.

In an interview with the Irish Times, Keane said: "The day I left United, in hindsight, I should have stopped playing really. I lost the love of the game that Friday morning. I thought football is cruel, life is cruel. It takes two to tango also. I am fully responsible for my own actions but some things are wrong."

He claimed: "I left on the Friday morning and they told me certain things that day.

"I was told the following week I could not sign for another club. I had been led to believe I could.

"There were certain things I was told at certain meetings that were basic lies. That was part of the exit plans."

Keane also accuses United of getting his length of service wrong.

He added: "They were thanking me for 11 and a half years. I had to remind the manager and chief executive (David Gill) I had been there 12 and a half years."