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Keane blasts 'clown' Warner

12 Sep 2008 - 15:06:15

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Roy Keane has described Jack Warner as a clown after FIFA's vice-president Jack Warner became embroiled in an argument with the Sunderland manager.

Veteran Black Cats striker Dwight Yorke was set to play for Trinidad and Tobago against the United States in midweek but was allegedly withdrawn by Keane.

Warner, a Trinidad Football Association adviser, said Keane had shown "a callous disregard for small countries".

But Keane has hit back, saying: "Yorke is retired. I've told Jack what I think of him and where to go. He's a clown, a disgrace.

"Yorke has played one reserve game for us since busting a cheek recently.

"The agreement I had with the player was that he was not up to match fitness or speed and therefore wouldn't play in the match. He's 36 - he can't play two matches in a week.

"I love it when my players represent their countries at the highest level - I'm not like other managers in the Premier League and play silly games - but he's not fit and he says he's retired from international football anyway.

"Obviously, Mr Warner is making all these threats and a lot of them through the media but he doesn't really care about these players - he makes out he does but he doesn't.

"It's ridiculous. I'll be writing a letter back to Jack but - unlike him - I won't be giving it to the media. Basically, if he's the vice-president of FIFA, God help us all."