Roy Keane has claimed Cristiano Ronaldo was not among the five world-class players he played with at Manchester United.

 The former United captain made the revelation during a Sky Sports broadcast in 2019 leaving viewers stunned.

He told fellow pundit Jamie Carragher: “We never gave ourselves an opportunity to talk about players being world-class.

“But if I look back now, you’d have to class Giggsy [Ryan Giggs].

“I always class the world class players as lads who were doing it for nine, ten, 11 years – obviously Giggsy’s done it for a lot longer, but to me, that’s the key to being a really good player – you’ve got to be consistent.

“We see players now, they have a good month and [they’re] patting themselves on the back.

“You have to be good for years and years, and Giggsy would have been a prime example.”

Keane’s list of world-class teammates included Paul Scholes, Eric Cantona and Mark Hughes.

He also reserved a special mention for fellow countryman Denis Irwin who spent 12 years at Old Trafford between 1990 and 2002.