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Roy Keane had no shortage of disagreements during his illustrious Manchester United career.
From headbutting teammate Peter Schmeichel to rowing with boss Sir Alex Ferguson, the Red Devils legend was not one to shy away from confrontation.
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And that was something that Gary Pallister - six years his senior - found out after the 58-year-old went home early on a night out.
Flash back to 1997 and United were on a pre-season tour looking to defend their Premier League title.
One might expect the captain to approve the decision of a player to call it a night before becoming too worse for wear.
But it left Pallister public enemy number one in the eyes of Keane.
Speaking on Sky Bet's Stick to Football podcast, Keane revealed: "Me and 'Palli' [Pallister] didn't speak for about 12 months [he left too early during a night out].
"You just have these disagreements [as players].
"Palli's a good guy – I fell out with 'Giggsy' [Ryan Giggs], he wouldn't do a function one time at the club – I was fuming with him.
"Me and Giggsy didn't speak for five or six months!"
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Pallister recalled his version of events of the initial incident last year, as he declared the pair only patched up things when he left to join Middlesbrough the following summer.
The 22-cap England international, who played alongside Keane at Old Trafford for five years, told AceOdds: "We had a fallout in a pre-season tour. We were both stubborn enough.
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"It was funny because we'd shake hands before a game and sort of laugh, but neither of us would break the ice. So we went through the whole season being like that."
He continued: "And then it was actually the year I left. I came back to get my stuff out of the Cliff [United's old training ground], my boots and trainers and things like that.
"And he was walking down the corridor into the home dressing room when I was walking out.
"We start walking into each other and we both started laughing and he put his hands out and shook my hand and he just wished us all the best at Middlesbrough, and that's how the ice was broke.
"I mean, we're fine now, but it was just weird. Neither of us would sort of be the first one to offer the hand up and say, right, let's be mates.
"Just stubbornness on both of our behalf, really, I think. But that's how it all panned out in the end."
