Keane blasts 'complacent' team-mates

13 April 2012

Roy Keane has criticised his Manchester United team-mates again, accusing them of adopting a lacklustre approach to their challenge for honours this season.

While Sir Alex Ferguson's side have once more run away with the Premiership, skipper Keane has been incensed by a mediocre Champions League campaign.

Earlier this month he suggested "heads will roll" if United were knocked out of Europe by Bayern Munich and he has now hit out at what he perceives as an arrogant atmosphere at Old Trafford.

In the latest edition of Four Four Two magazine, Keane says: "I have seen United players getting complacent, thinking they've done it all and getting carried away by a bit of success.

"You can see it in training when players just go through the motions. You can't do that, you always have to give your best.

"It's up to the manager to spot it but ultimately the only person who can sort it out is the player himself. Real desire has to come from within."

Keane also explodes the myth that everything is sweetness and light in the Old Trafford dressing room.

"If you go to any office, not everyone is going to like each other. It is the same at United. Not everyone is pals," says the Republic of Ireland midfielder. "You don't have to be best mates, you just have to share the same aim of winning trophies."

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