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Evans: Underrated Keane could play in any team at any time - even now

Leicester City's Jonny Evans believes that former Manchester United man Roy Keane would be able to play in any team from any point in the history of football, stating that, despite his age, the 48-year-old would not be out of place at the top of the game even now.

Keane is widely regarded as a Red Devils icon, a battling box-to-box midfielder that oozed leadership and was not afraid of taking a card or two if he felt it was for the good of the team.

Indeed, the hard-man image followed the former Ireland international throughout his career, but Evans, who came through the youth ranks at Old Trafford, was quick to note that legendary manager Sir Alex Ferguson saw Keane as far more than a bruiser.