The day Roy Keane injured him on purpose and ruined Haaland's career

Last update 7 March, 2024 por Alberto Llopis

The day that Roy Keane deliberately injured a fellow teacher for a Manchester derby, It is undoubtedly a story of revenge that becomes relevant decades later due to the success of the son of the footballer who received the brutal kick.. And the footballer who Roy Keane retired from football was none other than Alf-Inge Haaland padre de Erling Haaland Braut.

Roy Keane on purpose injured Haaland

Roy Keane is certainly one of the hardest, dirtiest players in the history of football. However in this case it went from brown to dark and spiteful. And the Irish had 4 Haaland years keeping him to a revenge that would end with the Norwegian taking to retire from active football after one of the most criminal living memory kicks in a soccer field. come on what the story of Roy Keane and Haaland's father came from far away.

A tale of revenge that began in 1997 and so surprising was forged in 2001. Keane and Haaland they crossed a Leeds-Manchester United September the 97. Both players struggled for a ball when the Norwegian lead Irish. Keane true to, He tried to make Haaland trip up with the bad luck that stayed stuck and ended up breaking the ligaments. The story did not end there for the Norwegian footballer, then at Leeds, He went to remonstrate to Keane who agonized on the floor. So far it seemed that everything was going to stay there.

21 of April of 2001, Roy Keane the day consummated his savage revenge

Almost 4 años después, They faced in the Manchester derby, A city that was much more modest than today that has nothing to do with the one that his son signed a little more than 20 años después, and the United. And they turned to face Haaland playing the 'Sky Blue’ Keane and it remained one of the leaders of the United. And the tragedy was consummated as one of the worst entries that are remembered in the history of football. Irish tacos hit with the knee ahead of the Norwegian, in a kick that did not break his knee by a miracle but that cost the father of Haaland an injury so serious that in the end it cost him his retirement from professional football with just 30 años.

Keane himself acknowledged that it was revenge

In his autobiography he told Irish: “He had waited a long time. I hit him hard fucking. The ball was there, believe: 'Take this, Bastard. And do not come back at me mocking fake injuries. And you never stop more about me contemptuously talking about fake injuries. Even in the locker room after, I had no regrets. My attitude was, 'Fuck it'. So far, returns. He got his just rewards. He hit me over and my attitude is eye for an eye”. One of the barbarities more than one of the dirtiest players who has known football.

The story becomes important for the success of Erling Braut, Haaland's son

Erling Haaland Braut has soon become one of the best in the world. Norwegian footballer though born in the year 2000 and Leeds, Inglaterra, where his father played at that time, became the start of 2020 in one of the top scorers in European football which led to his signing for Borussia Dortmund from RB Salzburg. The young man soon emerged as one of the great players in world football with just 20 years and was soon signed by Guardiola's multimillionaire City. Precisely the team in which his father left football after the purposeful injury of Roy Keane. That of Haaland indeed, It's another story of parents and children soccer players.