Manchester United legend Roy Keane made £800 during a bet with his players.
was in charge of the Black Cats between 2006 and 2008, winning 42 per cent of his games and earning promotion to the
"He had a wall out – I said, ‘Why are you having a wall for? He’s miles away!’ I’m trying to have a bit of banter, a bit of fun – it’s pre-season – I said, ‘I’ll go in goal tomorrow lads, if any of you want to take a free-kick against me, go 20-yards out, I’m going to have no wall’, and I said, ‘If any of you score, I’ll give you £1,000’. A few missed and gave me £100.
He added: “The next day we had another friendly, I was thinking ‘no one’s paid me yet’. It was half-time, the game was 0-0 – I was hoping it was going, so I’m having a go at the players, I went ‘Listen lads, you need to do better – and I better get my f*****g money tonight! You got to pay me that money tonight, I’m telling you’.
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