{"id":144002,"date":"2023-11-25T09:37:37","date_gmt":"2023-11-25T09:37:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theprojectsworld.com\/?p=144002"},"modified":"2023-11-25T09:37:37","modified_gmt":"2023-11-25T09:37:37","slug":"alan-shearer-reveals-man-utd-legend-roy-keane-threatened-to-knock-him-out-as-gary-lineker-talks-up-celeb-boxing-match-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theprojectsworld.com\/sport\/alan-shearer-reveals-man-utd-legend-roy-keane-threatened-to-knock-him-out-as-gary-lineker-talks-up-celeb-boxing-match-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Alan Shearer reveals Man Utd legend Roy Keane threatened to knock him out as Gary Lineker talks up celeb boxing match | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"
ALAN SHEARER has revealed that Roy Keane once threatened to knock him out during a match.<\/p>\n
The fiery duo regularly clashed while playing for Newcastle and Manchester United respectively during the late 1990s and early 2000s.<\/p>\n
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Things nearly boiled over during one match in particular, when Shearer claims Keane wanted to settle things with fists.<\/p>\n
Appearing on The Rest is Football podcast, the former England captain was asked by host Gary Lineker what the strangest thing anyone ever said to him on the pitch was.<\/p>\n
Shearer, 53, replied: "Roy Keane once said that he was going to knock me out."<\/p>\n
Lineker, 62, wryly responded: "You do surprise me, and did he?"<\/p>\n