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'There's nothing wrong with it at all': Wayne Rooney says Roy Keane was correct to single out his Man United team-mates for criticism in infamous 2005 MUTV rant that ended his Old Trafford career

Wayne Rooney believes Roy Keane was fully justified in his comments about Manchester United team-mates made in the infamous 2005 MUTV rant that ended his Old Trafford career.

Keane singled out six United players individually plus those emerging from the academy ranks in an acerbic diatribe following a dismal 4-1 defeat at Middlesbrough.

His criticism was considered so severe that United's management intervened to ensure it was never broadcast on the club's in-house television channel.

Wayne Rooney (left) believes Roy Keane was correct to single out his Manchester United team-mates for criticism in the infamous 2005 MUTV rant that was never broadcast

Wayne Rooney (left) believes Roy Keane was correct to single out his Manchester United team-mates for criticism in the infamous 2005 MUTV rant that was never broadcast

United manager Sir Alex Ferguson allowed Keane to leave the club a few weeks after his rant

It hastened the Old Trafford exit of United captain Keane, who had made 480 appearances for the club, and he left by mutual consent in November 2005, joining Celtic a month later.