🎥 Football's most infamous bust-up is coming to the big screen
🎥 Football's most infamous bust-up is coming to the big screen
For football fans of a certain age, Saipan isn't just an island in the Pacific Ocean.
It's the place where one of the game's most infamous bust-ups took place.
Roy Keane memorably left the Republic of Ireland's 2002 World Cup training camp following a fallout with his one-time teammate turned manager Mick McCarthy.
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Now, the story of what went on behind the scenes is set to be told in a film dramatisation starring fellow Cork native Éanna Hardwicke in the role of Keane.
What do you make of the trailer? Let us know in the comments.
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