KEANE: THERE’S A LOT OF CRY BABIES

ROY KEANE has slammed ‘cry baby’ players who sulk when they fall out with their coaching staff.

In August, Mirror Sport exclusively revealed that the Republic of Ireland assistant (right) had an explosive row with Harry Arter and Jon Walters on Ireland duty.

Keane was last night asked about the crisis engulfing his old club Manchester United amid the fallout between manager Jose Mourinho and star midfielder Paul Pogba.

But in what could also be seen as a dig at Arter, Keane said: “I’m not talking about Pogba, I’m talking

about players in general. Players who get upset with a manager or coaching staff and think ‘I’m not going to train properly because somebody upset me’. There’s a lot of cry babies out there, lots of cry babies.”

Keane launched a furious training ground broadside at Arter (above) in June after losing it when the midfielder sat out the session citing an injury.

Matters then escalated in the team hotel that evening when Keane confronted Arter a second time and all hell broke loose.

It led to Cardiff City midfielder Arter making himself unavailable for selection for the recent games against Wales and Poland.

On Notts TV last night, Keane did not make reference to the antics behind the scenes in the Irish camp.

But speaking generally of footballers, he said: “Not every player is going to get on with the manager and he is not going to like every player.

“But what you do as a footballer – and I’ve had one or two disagreements with managers – when you cross that line you play for your team.

“I don’t care what fallout you’ve had with your manager and if you’ve been at each other’s throats, that’s part of the industry – people do fall out.

“It happens in other industries but unfortunately when you’re Man United, one of the biggest clubs in the world, things will get exaggerated.

“When you walk out on that pitch, you’re playing for your pride, you’re playing for your city, whatever it might be. But don’t get that worried about what the manager said about you or the coaching staff – you get out there and play.”