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Like a wound that just will not heal, the conflict between Roy Keane and Alex Ferguson has continued to fester.
The wound was reopened this week, as Keane fielded questions about his former Manchester United manager as part of the brilliant Keane and Vieira: Best of Enemies documentary.
The Ireland assistant manager described Ferguson as having a "massive ego" and claimed that he was still striving for "control and power" at Old Trafford even post-retirement.
He also made a point of describing Brian Clough as being "without a doubt" the best manager he had ever played under.
John Giles was on Off The Ball tonight for Thursday Night Football and he told Ger that he is saddened by the spat which was reignited by barbed jabs in Ferguson's autobiography which criticized Keane at a time when he was out of management.
"I can understand Roy Keane responding to the comments particularly when he did not have a job and I think it was very damaging to Roy Keane. It's like a lover's spat. I think it's unfortunate to say the least," said the Leeds United legend.
Yet, Keane seems to be attracting interest from clubs in England since he got the Ireland assistant role. Giles admitted he was bemused by the way attitudes changes so quickly in football.
He said: "It's a strange thing in football. It was in the paper last week that Sheffield Wednesday were interested in Roy Keane. It's amazing. He's been unemployed for two years. Now he's in a job, it's like following a sheep. Now that somebody's in a job, the owners think 'he must be good' because somebody is employing him. When nobody else was going for Roy Keane, he was out. It's worked out well for him."
Meanwhile, Giles watched Arsenal's defeat to Napoli in the Champions League and has nagging doubts about their "vulnerable defence" although he felt the attitude was the issue last night because they did not have to win, thus inviting Napoli onto them.
Giles also had sympathy for David Moyes after his difficult start to life at Manchester United. And he also felt one or two players have not helped with their public comments.
"Our friend Rio Ferdinand didn't help the situation last week when he criticized Moyes for not telling the players that they were playing and he said the previous manager used to do that. Rio Ferdinand is an experienced player. At this particular stage for Moyes, it was a bad thing to do. I think David Moyes responded poorly to it. Could you imagine Rio Ferdinand saying that when Ferguson was manager? Not in a million years. I think David Moyes should have said 'that's it, off you go!'"
