Rangers legend Andy Goram has revealed how he never exchanged a civil word with Roy Keane while he was at Manchester United.

In his new book, being serialised in the Scottish Sun, Goram revealed: "Welcome to Manchester United. Roy Keane-style.

"The man who saw himself as the heartbeat of the Reds was giving me a message. He just looked right through me as the embarrassed Steve McClaren, the United No 2, tried to introduce the new on-loan keeper to his volcanic captain.

"From that second I knew there was no point in me making an effort with Keane. Roy had things he stood by, things that framed his life, beliefs he clung to with a burning intensity. Well, I had mine. What he did to me on that first morning at work at the most famous football club in the world didn't faze me.

"It didn't send me scurrying into my shell. I just thought: "'F*** it. He's not going to stop me enjoying this."

"He was a Celtic man, I was a Rangers man. He didn't like me. End of story.

"Fair enough. After all, I'd done enough to make some Celtic fans dislike me in seven years at Ibrox. There was to be no handshake. Ever.

"The truth is we didn't exchange a civil word in the three months I was at Old Trafford. From day one we had arguments on the training pitch and didn't get on. It was serious stuff. He hated the sight of me.

"However, I was 36 years old. I'd landed the move of my life in the twilight of my career. Was I going to let one man's sneering disdain for me wreck the experience? Forget it."