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Cristiano Ronaldo WASN'T one of the five world-class players Roy Keane believes he played alongside at Manchester United, in surprise snub for the superstar - but old friend Denis Irwin was handed a special mention!

Roy Keane believes he played alongside just five world-class players at Manchester United, and failed to include Cristiano Ronaldo among them.

Keane won the Premier League seven times at Old Trafford and even captained the club but, in his usual deadpan way, stayed grounded when discussing team-mates.

Speaking after United's 1-1 draw with Arsenal in September 2019, the pundit was questioned over who he believed the best stars he featured alongside were.

Roy Keane didn't include Cristiano Ronaldo (L) on his five-man list of world-class team-mates

'We never gave ourselves an opportunity to talk about players being world class,' Keane said, in response to Sky Sports colleague Jamie Carragher.