Former Manchester United captain Roy Keane and ex-Chelsea defender Marcel Desailly(Image: The Overlap/YouTube)

Manchester United great Roy Keane has doubled down on his assertion that Newcastle United legend Alan Shearer was 'nasty' and 'sneaky' during his playing career.

The pair never saw eye to eye at the height of Newcastle and Manchester United's rivalry, and Keane was infamously sent off for throwing a ball off Shearer and throwing a punch at the former England captain during Newcastle's 4-3 win over the Red Devils at St James' Park in 2001.

Despite 19 years passing since both players retiring from the game, Keane reignited their feud last month by making allegations about Shearer's playing style.

Keane said: "Shearer was sneaky. Sneaky elbows. I didn't admire people who were nasty. He was nasty, sneaky elbows, back of the head. Cantona, [Andy] Cole. All these strikers I played with weren't sneaky. They were good honest pros, turned up every week and they weren't sneaky."

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