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Former Manchester United captains Roy Keane and Gary Neville made shocking accusations against United’s Premier League opponents. Keane and Neville said that they were suspicious of some opponents at Italian sides they faced in the Champions League consumed banned substances. Neville and Keane played a significant role for United during their 1999 Champions League win. However, Keane had missed the final against Bayern Munich due to suspension.
The 48-year-old former footballer revealed that he and his teammates thought that players at some Italian clubs were doping as a sudden improvement in their performance was seen. Both Keane and Neville were on the Stick to Football podcast where they accused their Italian counterparts.
Must be the Italian teams: Jamie Carragher
On the podcast, Neville said, "There’s a couple that sticks in my mind – and I’m going to say this very [carefully] for legal reasons. I think there were a few teams that we played against that weren’t clean. We thought it at the time.” Ian Wright asked him, “What that they were too pumped up?” Jamie Carragher added to it, “Must be the Italian teams.”
Keane responded, “I’d be walking off and I’d be absolutely shattered, and, again I remember it. And, I’d be looking at the players I played against, a couple of Italian teams, and they looked like they haven’t even played a match. Why can’t we talk about that?” To it, Neville replied, “I don’t know. I can’t accuse people. We are not naming names or clubs. But my point is when you look back now, what comes out after in cycling and other others with doctors and you think hang on.”
