Roy Keane hates vibrating phones, terrifies Gerard Pique

Posted Thursday, October 02, 2014 by

Roy Keane hates vibrating phones, terrifies Gerard Pique Barcelona defender Gerard Pique has revealed that the scariest person he encountered during his time at Manchester United wasn't then manager Sir Alex Ferguson. It was one of his teammates: Roy Keane. A man who will fly into a rage when a phone vibrates in his presence.

Pique shares all of this in the latest issue of FourFourTwo magazine. Here's a taste:

"I wouldn't say I was scared of [Ferguson]. Roy Keane? Well, maybe that's different!" Pique said while answering readers’ One-on-One questions in the November 2014 issue, available in shops and on iPad now.

"I remember we were in the changing room at Old Trafford and my phone started vibrating. Keano could hear the vibrations and went crazy trying to find out who the phone belonged to. That’s who he was.

"Before we [Barca] beat Celtic 1-0 last season, I noticed him by the side of the pitch as a pundit as we went to warm up. I hid my face with my hand because he still scares me. I was 26 years old, and I was s***ing myself!"

A grown man hiding his face after spotting a former teammate in public might sound ridiculous, but this is a perfectly reasonable reaction to seeing Roy Keane. Looking directly at Keane, especially now that he has that grizzled hobo beard, is like watching the video in The Ring. Except so much worse.

Now assistant manager for both Ireland and Aston Villa, Keane has a new crop of players to terrify and vibrating phones to hunt down.