Alex Ferguson Has a 'Massive Ego', And is Still Trying to Control Manchester United, Says Roy Keane: Daily Soccer Report

Sir Alex Ferguson has a massive ego and is still trying to control Manchester United, says former United midfielder Roy Keane.

Keano appears in a brand-new ITV4 documentary that is scheduled to air later today in the UK entitled Keane and Vieira: The Best of Enemies. In the documentary, Keane shares several insights including:

“Everything is about control and power. [Sir Alex Ferguson is] still striving for it now even though he’s not manager. There’s massive ego involved in that.”

Keane added that Brian Clough, not Ferguson, was the best manager he ever worked under. The assistant manager of the Republic of Ireland team also said that he and his son now have season tickets at United, now that Ferguson is no longer manager there.

Here are today’s world soccer news headlines:

Premier League

• Alex Ferguson has a ‘massive ego’, and is still trying to control Manchester United, says Roy Keane — Telegraph
• Steven Gerrard sidelined for up to six weeks with hamstring injury — The Independent
• Stewart Downing horror cut to rule him out for weeks — Evening Standard
• Manchester United players ‘don’t want the ball’, claims Ray Wilkins — The Independent
• Manuel Pellegrini confirms Joe Hart will play against Bayern Munich in Champions League — The Mail
• Manchester United may axe TEN players in a brutal January clearout — MEN
• Arsène Wenger rails against television influence on fixtures schedule — The Observer
• West Ham fans fear Olympic Stadium design flaw will ruin atmosphere — The Mail

International soccer

• FIFA opens third online 2014 ticketing window as teams are matched to venues — Inside World Football
• England must reconsider Miami training base to prepare for the humidity they will face in Manaus — Telegraph
• FA stays silent after Greg Dyke’s World Cup draw throat-cut blunder — The Guardian
• Didier Drogba risks fine over Nelson Mandela tribute, says he’d do it again — Bleacher Report

Brazilian soccer

• Brazil football season ends in violence as fans brawl — BBC Sport

Scottish soccer

• Celtic ban 128 of their OWN fans after vandalism and pyrotechnics at Motherwell — The Mail

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