Teddy Sheringham has revealed the furious bust up with Roy Keane that led to the pair not speaking for over three years.

The pair kicked off during a bus ride on a night out in 1998 and the Londoner admits he couldn't sleep for fear Keane would attack him in the Manchester United dressing room next time they met.

The duo would go on to be pivotal as the Red Devils won the treble in 1999, with the striker scoring a crucial equaliser in the dying minutes of the Champions League final with Bayern Munich.

Sheringham told The Times of the fracas: "All of a sudden, Keany said, 'Why don't you f*** off back to London in your f***ing red Ferrari and your penthouse?'

"I went 'Eh?; And he says, 'Yeah, f*** off back to London'.

"I'm like, 'Are you coming for me, Keany? Why are you coming for me? F***ing what?'

"And he went 'f*** off', and he goes on 'f***ing red Ferrari, penthouse...'.

"Then he jumped round, still with his bad leg, got me by the tie, pulled me towards him, grappling with him.

"Suddenly everyone's going 'what's going on?' and pulling us apart."

And while Sheringham expected violent retribution, club captain Keane opted to simply ignore his teammate.

He explained: "I couldn't sleep that night thinking, 'It’s going to go off as soon as I get into training'.

"I've seen Roy in the gym so I know it can go off. So I go in thinking, 'Get yourself ready'. I actually go in to change thinking, 'I'm ready for him'.

'You have your own cubicle so I was either next to Keany, or maybe the one after, and as I walked in, he's there doing his shoes up.

"I walked in past him and I'm thinking he's going to get up and boot me in the face. I'm thinking 'here we go'.

"Keany gets up and walks out.

"He didn't say a word to me. He didn't say a word to me for the next three-and-a-half years."

Keane would go on to play for Celtic in 2005 at the end of his career, playing 10 games for the Hoops.