David Beckham fails in attempt to reunite Roy Keane and Sir Alex Ferguson
The pair have fueded since Keane's departure from Old Trafford in 2005
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Your support makes all the difference.David Beckham has revealed that he failed in an attempt to reunite and reconcile Manchester United legends Sir Alex Ferguson and Roy Keane ahead of a charity match hosted at Old Trafford next month.
The Unicef Match for Children will see a Great Britain and Ireland XI, captained by Beckham and managed by Ferguson, take on a Rest of the World side helmed by Zinedine Zidane on 14 November.
Keane was also approached to appear in the fundraising event but, due to his committments to the Republic of Ireland national team, he will not be taking part.
The former Manchester United captain is currently the assistant to head coach Martin O'Neill in Irish set-up and will either be involved in an international friendly or a Euro 2016 play-off on the day of the charity match.
"We have asked Roy, but unfortunately he is tied up," Beckham said. "He is on international duty and that is part of the problem with some of the other players we wanted to play.
“We have to pick a weekend where we felt we would get a lot of support and 3pm on a Saturday does not happen very often.”
"We have asked Roy but unfortunately he is tied up."
If the former Manchester United captain had accepted the invitation, it would have meant sharing a dressing room with Ferguson for the first time since his exit from Old Trafford in 2005.
The pair have not been on speaking terms since Keane's departure a decade ago, which was catalysed by Ferguson's controversial handling of the Rock of Gibraltar affair.
The two men have since criticised each other in their respective autobiographies, with Ferguson saying that the "hardest part" of the infamously tough-tackling midfielder's body was his tongue.
Keane, in response, accused Ferguson of telling "basic lies" about the pair's row. Last December, he intimated that he would be happy to put the unrest to bed "if Ferguson apologises".
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