Keane told Sir Alex Ferguson 'we need f****** more from you' in furious row that led to Irishman leaving Manchester United . Keane says he wouldn't have missed a drugs test like Rio Ferdinand and Manchester United suffered as a result . Roy Keane has revealed the astonishing details of a fight with Peter Schmeichel that left the Great Dane with a black eye. The Manchester United legends came to blows during a pre-season tour of Asia. Keane's new autobiography The Second Half, published this week lays bare the scrap - which saw legendary manager Sir Alex Ferguson brand the Old Trafford icons 'a disgrace to the club.' Roy Keane (right), pictured here arguing with his team-mate Peter Schmeichel (third from right) in 1995, has admitted leaving the goalkeeper with a black eye after a fight during a pre-season tour to Asia . The midfielder, pictured being restrained by Paul Parker, says he headbutted Schmeichel during the fight . Schmeichel pushes Keane away during a heated argument in a game against Leeds in December 1995 . Sir Alex Ferguson (left) branded both Keane (right) and Schmeichel 'a disgrace to the club' Aston Villa assistant manager Keane has revealed details of his career in a new autobiography . Roy Keane . Height: 5ft 10in . Age: 43 . Biggest clash: Gained revenge on Alf-Inge Haaland with a horror tackle on the Manchester City man in 2001. Peter Schmeichel . Height: 6ft 3in . Age: 50 . Biggest clash: Was accused of using racist language towards Arsenal's Ian Wright after scuffling with him in the tunnel following a two-footed lunge by the striker in 1997. 'I had a bust-up with Peter when we were on a pre-season tour of Asia, in 1998 (actually in 1997), just after I came back from my cruciate injury. I think we were in Hong Kong. There was drink involved,' wrote Keane in an extract serialised in the Daily Mirror. Keane revealed he often didn't see eye-to-eye with the former United keeper over his on-field conduct, with Schmeichel famed for shouting at his defenders. Keane continued by describing the morning afterwards: 'The manager had a go at us as we were getting on the bus, and people were going on about a fight in the hotel the night before. It started coming back to me - the fight between me and Peter. 'In the meantime, Nicky Butt had been filling me in on what had happened the night before. Butty had refereed the fight. Anyway, Peter had grabbed me, I'd head-butted him - we'd been fighting for ages. 'Once we were at Juventus – they were playing Chelsea. We were standing at the corner flag and Adrian (Chiles) was next to me. He goes: "This is great isn’t it?". I went: "I used to play in these games Adrian". I wasn’t being cocky. 'It’s about justification, what you stand for. When I was at United I was getting paid good money but I could go: "Yeah, but I'm giving it back to you". I didn’t feel that way with this TV work. It’s an easy gig. I don’t like easy gigs. When I heard: "I liked your commentary last night". I knew I was only talking bulls*** like the rest of them. Hopefully my bulls*** was a bit better. I wanted to do something that excited me. TV work didn’t excite me. 'I liked Adrian and Lee Dixon, though. What I really enjoyed was the company. I liked meeting people, old players like Liverpool’s Jan Molby. Some United fans saw us together and one of them said: “Why the f*** are you talking to him?”. I felt like saying: “I will speak to who I f***ing want to!"' Keane, pictured kissing the FA Cup after beating Millwall in 2004, enjoyed a successful 12 years at United . United legend Sir Bobby Charlton (right), pictured unveiling manager Louis van Gaal (left), was woken up by the fight between Keane and Schmeichel . As well as being Aston Villa's assistant manager, Keane is No 2 to Martin O'Neill with the Republic of Ireland . Appearances: 366 . Goals: 39 . Assists: 33 . Yellow cards: 69 . Red cards: 7 . Honours: Premier League title (seven), FA Cup (four), Champions League (one) 'At the press conference, Peter took his sunglasses off. He had a black eye. The questions came at him "Peter, what happened to your eye?" '[Schmeichel] said, "I just got an elbow last night, in training". And that was the end of it.' Keane bizarrely goes on to say that Sir Bobby Charlton, who at the time would have been 60, could have split up the two Premier League hard men after being woken up by the warring pair. However, the Irishman did praise Schmeichel for taking responsibility for the scrap, adding that he 'admired' the goalkeeper. 'I wonder about the current United dressing room. When a manager like Sir Alex Ferguson is replaced the new man needs a helping hand. Does that mean every player should like him? No. 'But I look at the current players and they should be doing a lot better. Not liking a manager can never be an excuse for not going out and doing your best. 'Looking at what happened to David Moyes, I can only conclude that he didn’t have a strong dressing room. He had a weak dressing room.' Like our Manchester United Facebook page. Keane writes about the incident with Schmeichel in his new autobiography The Second Half . VIDEO Keane releases second controversial autobiography . Roy Keane: The Second Half, published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson, £20. www.orionbooks.co.uk .
Roy Keane came to blows with goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel during a pre-season tour of Asia .
The former Manchester United midfielder reveals the incident in his new autobiography The Second Half .
Sir Alex Ferguson branded both players 'a disgrace to the club' following the brawl in Hong Kong .
Keane says he did not see eye-to-eye with the Danish goalkeeper .
The fight woke up club legend Sir Bobby Charlton and he witnessed the two players going at it .
Keane says he initially struggled to remember the incident which had occurred after he'd been drinking .
Keane told Sir Alex Ferguson 'we need f****** more from you' in furious row that led to Irishman leaving Manchester United . Keane says he wouldn't have missed a drugs test like Rio Ferdinand and Manchester United suffered as a result . Roy Keane has revealed the astonishing details of a fight with Peter Schmeichel that left the Great Dane with a black eye. The Manchester United legends came to blows during a pre-season tour of Asia. Keane's new autobiography The Second Half, published this week lays bare the scrap - which saw legendary manager Sir Alex Ferguson brand the Old Trafford icons 'a disgrace to the club.' Roy Keane (right), pictured here arguing with his team-mate Peter Schmeichel (third from right) in 1995, has admitted leaving the goalkeeper with a black eye after a fight during a pre-season tour to Asia . The midfielder, pictured being restrained by Paul Parker, says he headbutted Schmeichel during the fight . Schmeichel pushes Keane away during a heated argument in a game against Leeds in December 1995 . Sir Alex Ferguson (left) branded both Keane (right) and Schmeichel 'a disgrace to the club' Aston Villa assistant manager Keane has revealed details of his career in a new autobiography . Roy Keane . Height: 5ft 10in . Age: 43 . Biggest clash: Gained revenge on Alf-Inge Haaland with a horror tackle on the Manchester City man in 2001. Peter Schmeichel . Height: 6ft 3in . Age: 50 . Biggest clash: Was accused of using racist language towards Arsenal's Ian Wright after scuffling with him in the tunnel following a two-footed lunge by the striker in 1997. 'I had a bust-up with Peter when we were on a pre-season tour of Asia, in 1998 (actually in 1997), just after I came back from my cruciate injury. I think we were in Hong Kong. There was drink involved,' wrote Keane in an extract serialised in the Daily Mirror. Keane revealed he often didn't see eye-to-eye with the former United keeper over his on-field conduct, with Schmeichel famed for shouting at his defenders. Keane continued by describing the morning afterwards: 'The manager had a go at us as we were getting on the bus, and people were going on about a fight in the hotel the night before. It started coming back to me - the fight between me and Peter. 'In the meantime, Nicky Butt had been filling me in on what had happened the night before. Butty had refereed the fight. Anyway, Peter had grabbed me, I'd head-butted him - we'd been fighting for ages. 'Once we were at Juventus – they were playing Chelsea. We were standing at the corner flag and Adrian (Chiles) was next to me. He goes: "This is great isn’t it?". I went: "I used to play in these games Adrian". I wasn’t being cocky. 'It’s about justification, what you stand for. When I was at United I was getting paid good money but I could go: "Yeah, but I'm giving it back to you". I didn’t feel that way with this TV work. It’s an easy gig. I don’t like easy gigs. When I heard: "I liked your commentary last night". I knew I was only talking bulls*** like the rest of them. Hopefully my bulls*** was a bit better. I wanted to do something that excited me. TV work didn’t excite me. 'I liked Adrian and Lee Dixon, though. What I really enjoyed was the company. I liked meeting people, old players like Liverpool’s Jan Molby. Some United fans saw us together and one of them said: “Why the f*** are you talking to him?”. I felt like saying: “I will speak to who I f***ing want to!"' Keane, pictured kissing the FA Cup after beating Millwall in 2004, enjoyed a successful 12 years at United . United legend Sir Bobby Charlton (right), pictured unveiling manager Louis van Gaal (left), was woken up by the fight between Keane and Schmeichel . As well as being Aston Villa's assistant manager, Keane is No 2 to Martin O'Neill with the Republic of Ireland . Appearances: 366 . Goals: 39 . Assists: 33 . Yellow cards: 69 . Red cards: 7 . Honours: Premier League title (seven), FA Cup (four), Champions League (one) 'At the press conference, Peter took his sunglasses off. He had a black eye. The questions came at him "Peter, what happened to your eye?" '[Schmeichel] said, "I just got an elbow last night, in training". And that was the end of it.' Keane bizarrely goes on to say that Sir Bobby Charlton, who at the time would have been 60, could have split up the two Premier League hard men after being woken up by the warring pair. However, the Irishman did praise Schmeichel for taking responsibility for the scrap, adding that he 'admired' the goalkeeper. 'I wonder about the current United dressing room. When a manager like Sir Alex Ferguson is replaced the new man needs a helping hand. Does that mean every player should like him? No. 'But I look at the current players and they should be doing a lot better. Not liking a manager can never be an excuse for not going out and doing your best. 'Looking at what happened to David Moyes, I can only conclude that he didn’t have a strong dressing room. He had a weak dressing room.' Like our Manchester United Facebook page. Keane writes about the incident with Schmeichel in his new autobiography The Second Half . VIDEO Keane releases second controversial autobiography . Roy Keane: The Second Half, published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson, £20. www.orionbooks.co.uk .
leaving Manchester United . Keane says he details of a fight with Peter Schmeichel that Manchester United legends came to blows during a pre-season tour of Asia. Keane's new autobiography The Second Half, published this icons 'a disgrace to the club.' Roy Keane after a fight during a pre-season tour to Asia . December 1995 . Sir Alex Ferguson (left) branded both Keane (right) and Schmeichel 'a disgrace to revealed he often didn't see eye-to-eye with the to say that Sir Bobby Charlton, who at the time with Schmeichel in his new autobiography The