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Roy Keane's exit from Manchester United after controversial MUTV interview was a 'disaster' claims former defender Mikael Silvestre... who suggests the club's in-house media department could have been to blame for his departure

Former Manchester United defender Mikael Silvestre insists Roy Keane's shock exit from the club in 2005 was a total 'disaster' and that it was not the Irishman's fault.

Keane controversially walked out of Old Trafford in November 2005 following a controversial in-house interview with MUTV where he criticised team-mates while analysing a 4-1 defeat by Middlesbrough - which Keane did not feature in.

The interview, which was never aired publicly, enraged boss Sir Alex Ferguson and his assistant Carlos Queiroz and led to a team meeting to where the video was shown to the squad.