Keane defends his tough talk

Roy Keane insists he is "happy and settled" at Manchester United and defended his outbursts which came in the wake of the club's Champions League exit at the hands of Bayern Munich.

Keane, who stressed he intends to honour his United contract, said United were an "average team" who were "just not good enough" after Bayern knocked them out of Europe.

The United skipper also suggested it might be "the end of the road" for the side and claimed some of his team-mates were "getting complacent" and "going through the motions" in training.

England captain David Beckham rejected Keane's "average team" verdict and dismissed the Irishman's call for changes insisting United should "stick together as a team".

But Keane said: "My recent comments reflected my intense disappointment - a feeling shared by my team-mates and the rest of the club - at our elimination from the Champions League.

"In expressing my views I have not wished to cause any offence to my manager, my team-mates or the supporters of the club.

"Indeed, from the responses which I have received, I do not believe that any such offence has been caused."