Manchester United have been accused of letting players get away with disgraceful behavior.

That is the view of the club's former captain and legend Roy Keane, who has often spoken his mind about the state of the club.

Keane, who played 480 games for United and won every trophy on offer, was not impressed with United's Champions League exit this week.

On the Stick to Football podcast, Keane said: "I talk about this justified angle when you feel like you've done nothing wrong [to be let go by a club]. I felt I'd done nothing wrong, Incy [Paul Ince], and then you see players over the last 15, 20 years at Manchester United – even when [Sir Alex] Ferguson was there – do a lot worse and the manager would almost just let them off the hook.

"Whereas there's certain players where I look back going, 'what we were supposed to have done wrong is very little, yet they're trying to kick you out the door'.

"There's other players whose behaviour, even when I was there, I'm thinking 'this is a disgrace what the other lads were up to'. The manager would go 'no, I'll let them off with that'. It's a joke!"

"Manchester United are a great club, brilliant club, but the way they've treated players over the years and the way they've let players go – Jaap [Stam]'s not the first or the last that I've heard from – it's absolutely disgraceful," Keane added.

"Paul Ince – there's loads of others. A lot of these players who probably didn't think they'd done anything wrong. They were good pros and all that. I know sometimes you have to move players on.

"I said to Paul Ince, you didn't have to leave, you've got a contract. I think Ole [Gunnar Solskjaer] had the chance to leave, he said no. But when the manager is saying that to you, and you're so hurt, and obviously you've got your pride, it's hard to stay."