Roy Keane was the captain of the Irish football team going into the world cup.
He had a huge argument with the Manager of the team, and threatened to go home. He was talked out of going, and did an interview the next morning with a newspaper, talking about why the bust up occurred, and laid into the preperations that where made for the team. He thought they were inadequate, and were not for the benefit of the team.
The manager called a team meeting (basically a witchhunt againt Roy Keane, the manager and he hate each other) criticising Roy Keane for doing the interview, and they started insulting each other and it got nasty from there. Roy acted like a big kid and it developed into a screaming match infront of the entire squad.
The manager decided that enough was enough, and sent him home.
Roy Keane is an exceptionally talented footballer. His dedication and commitment to the team is unquestionable, and he is very opinionated about the team. Unfortunately he has a very short tem,per and no sense of tact, and leats his anger get the better of him on occasion.