Roy Keane defied medical advice and attempted to play with a ruptured cruciate knee ligament

Roy Keane Manchester United
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Dave Fevre worked at Manchester United between 1994 and 1999 as a senior physio, looking after some of the most successful players in England at that time.

Roy Keane played for the club during that spell, and, after suffering that now-infamous cruciate ligament injury from an Alfie Inge Haaland tackle against Leeds United at Elland Road in 1997, Fevre recalls exclusively to FourFourTwo the Irishman's mentality in that situation.

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Ryan Dabbs
Staff writer

Ryan is a staff writer for FourFourTwo, joining the team full-time in October 2022. He first joined Future in December 2020, working across FourFourTwo, Golf Monthly, Rugby World and Advnture's websites, before eventually earning himself a position with FourFourTwo permanently. After graduating from Cardiff University with a degree in Journalism and Communications, Ryan earned a NCTJ qualification to further develop as a writer while a Trainee News Writer at Future.