Roy Keane has warned Manchester United's youngsters to expect more tongue-lashings this season if they show any sign of letting their standards slip.
"There are a lot of people, at this club and others, who like to wrap the young lads in cotton wool", Keane told the official Manchester United magazine
Keane famously launched a vicious verbal assault on some of the fledgling members of the Red Devils squad last season after claiming their attitude in training left plenty to be desired.
His outburst shocked most of the Irish midfielder's United team-mates, but not manager Sir Alex Ferguson, who backed his skipper's blistering attack.
Keane's warnings were proved to be correct as the Old Trafford outfit meekly surrendered their Premiership title to Arsenal more than a month before the season drew to a close.
With just five points from the opening four league matches of the current campaign, there is no clear sign that an improvement is imminent.
If Keane feels the problem again lies with the more inexperienced members of United's squad, their youth will not save them from their force of the Irishman's temper.
Filed by Eilish Barry
