Source: Daily_Mail
'At least he's no hypocrite': Roy Keane backs Arsene Wenger in handshake row
Roy Keane entered the Arsene Wenger handshake controversy and backed the Arsenal boss, claiming: 'At least he's no hypocrite.'[LNB]Keane refused to criticise the Gunners' chief for his failure to shake hands with opposite number Mark Hughes after his young team's Carling Cup quarter-final defeat at Manchester City in midweek.[LNB]Hughes, known throughout the game as Sparky, is a former Manchester United team-mate of Keane.[LNB] Clash: Wenger (right) avoided shaking hands with Hughes (left)[LNB]Ipswich boss Keane said: 'I don't know if it's just me - maybe I'm the oddball - but people should just get over it.[LNB]'Arsene Wenger didn't kill anybody. People say he's a bad loser but we're all bad losers. I wouldn't think any less of him because of it. He deserves great credit for what he has achieved.[LNB]Old friends: Keane (top) and Hughes (bottom) were team-mates at Manchester United[LNB]'We shouldn't get too upset about it. Managers are under pressure for all sorts of reasons and he was clearly fed up. If it had been me I'd have been too busy celebrating the fact that my team had beaten Arsenal to worry too much about it.[LNB]'Sparky wouldn't have lost any sleep over it. He's a big tough man and a good man. At least Wenger wasn't a hypocrite. I've had handshakes from managers who literally just grab the ends of your fingers.[LNB]'Sometimes it's just for show and they don't even look you in the eye.'[LNB]Keane called on the country's top bosses to offer more encouragement and support to their rookie counterparts.[LNB]He added: 'In my time - and I know I've only been a manager two minutes - I've only ever had one call from another manager to say 'Keep going and stick at it'.[LNB]'I'm not telling you who it was. It wasn't one of the big boys - he's not even in the Premiership or the Championship - but it meant a lot to me.[LNB]'We're getting bogged down with handshakes but it shows a bit of class to do it without anyone else knowing about it.[LNB]'It's not about what you do in front of the cameras but what you do away from the cameras.'[LNB] Furious Wenger snubs Hughes after his men are dumped out of Carling CupVIDEO SPECIAL: Arsene Wenger's pitch battles with Jol, Mourinho, Ferguson, Pardew, O'Neill and Big SamManchester City 3 Arsenal 0: Tevez on target as rich kids reach last fourCOMPETITION: Win a shirt signed by Real star Ronaldo or Barca's Messi [LNB] Explore more:People:MARK HUGHES, Roy Keane
