On the latest episode of UTD Podcast, which is available to listen to from today, the 35-year-old centre-back remembered the excitement at first breaking into Sir Alex Ferguson’s senior set-up, ahead of a tour to the United States in 2004.
The future Republic of Ireland international never actually played a competitive game for the Reds, but featured alongside Keane as part of a makeshift defence during a friendly with Bayern Munich, which he says was a ‘brilliant’ experience.
“I remember there was talk that a few lads would get called up because there were quite a few injuries,” recalls McShane.