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Leicester defender Evans lifts lid on Keane's Man Utd exit

Leicester City defender Jonny Evans has spoken of Roy Keane's departure from Manchester United.

Writing for manutd.com, Evans said: "It all happened after that infamous Middlesbrough away game when we'd been heavily beaten. I was just coming into the fringes of the squad at the time. I was involved in the debrief afterwards, even though I wasn't involved in the game.

"After that I think we played Lille in the Champions League and Claude Puel, my future manager at Leicester, was their manager that night. We lost that game too and the whole mood around the club wasn't great at the time.

"So we were training as normal one Friday a couple of weeks afterwards and suddenly word starts to spread around the training ground that Roy had left the club. You don't always believe everything you hear, but soon it was confirmed and the news was everywhere.

"That was a big moment in United's history, and surreal for me to experience as a part of the club."

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