Roy Keane: I didn't miss a lot of players after leaving Manchester United

The Irishman also revealed that the reason for that particular behavior was because of the generational gap with them.

Former Manchester United star Roy Keane admits that he did not have a lot in common with a number of his teammates at Old Trafford during the end of his career. 

Roy Keane also admitted that he did not always understand the banter going on between the likes of Rio Ferdinand and Wayne Rooney. Keane spent 12 years at Old Trafford and was a vital cog in Sir Alex Ferguson's team which won seven Premier League titles, four FA Cup titles and also the coveted Champions League.

Despite all the success the former midfielder and captain asserted how he was not at the same wavelength of the next generation Red Devils. 

"Your dressing room's always changing, as most summers you have one or two new faces that come in," Roy Keane told The Football Show.

"The dynamic changes as young players come in. To be honest, when I was getting towards the end of my career, I was looking around the dressing room and we had players like Wayne and Rio (Ferdinand), (Darren) Fletcher and (John) O'Shea and things were changing."

With every transfer window there were new players in the Manchester United dressing room and therefore the dynamics of the team always kept on changing. 

"The dynamics were changing, and I always used to roll with it - I didn't mind because it would give you a new type of energy, especially if they were good players who could help us win trophies."

"But towards the end, I remember thinking that with some of these lads, I didn't get them and their banter, their humour. I was barely having a conversation with any of them, but I was constantly looking at the bigger picture of whether they were going to be good players for Man United. That was the most important thing," the Irishman added. 

Roy Keane who is currently working with Sky Sports as a football pundit states that during the end of his career there were a lot of players whom he never missed. 

"When I left the club, there were a lot of players that I didn't miss one bit," he added. "They weren't for me, and the game was changing. I would look around the dressing room after training, and a lot of them would be on their phones. Maybe I was old school and a bit grumpy, but I didn't get it."

"I was professional, and they were all very good players, so I was delighted to play with them. But in terms of having banter, a cup of tea or a coffee with them, forget it."

The former Manchester United captain also backed Premier League players not to feel pressurised by their clubs to take wage cuts. He feels that contracts are personal matters involving clubs and players and if someone wants to donate their salary that decision should be their alone.

"There is pressure on players at the really big clubs, clubs with wealthy owners, to take pay cuts. The way I look at it now, particularly after the way I left Manchester United, I wouldn't take a pay cut from anybody if I was at one of the bigger clubs."