"?Former Manchester United midfielder Roy Keane has explained why he would have kicked Chelsea's Eden Hazard "up and down the training pitch" last season, per the "?Evening Standard.
Keane, now the Republic of Ireland's assistant manager, criticized the Belgian winger quite harshly, after the 25-year-old revealed - during the season - that it would be hard to turn down an offer from Real Madrid or Paris Saint-Germain.
"If I was one of his team-mates I'd kick him up and down the training pitch," the ex-United man said in response to the player's comments.
"Some of the senior players have got to get hold of him.
"A talented, talented boy but his attitude, even last night, he's like a spoilt child. It's absolutely ridiculous."
With his team set to face Belgium in the second round of the Euro 16 group stage on Saturday, Keane attempted to explain the reasoning behind his statement, insisting that it was Hazard's attitude - and not his talent - that had him angry.
The comments were read back to him and he replied: "Why did I say that?
"Why did I say I would kick him up and down the training pitch? That's nothing personal, I would do that to anybody if I was playing with them and they were talking about wanting to leave all the time.
"It's nothing against the lad. He's a talented boy. I would like him to be in our group, you know. He's a really, really top player.
"He's maybe had a difficult season, I suppose, but maybe that's because he set his standards so high the previous season.
"Don't get me the wrong way, I think he's an outstanding player. But if you ask me if I was playing with anybody be it Nottingham Forest, Rockmount, Cobh Rambers and they were constantly talking about wanting to leave and they had a poor attitude to training, then I would kick them in training."
He added: "But I kind of did that with most players, I suppose, even those who didn't want to leave."