Forlan booted for boots

Diego Forlan tells the Champions League magazine he got himself kicked out of Manchester United for failing to wear the right boots. 'Ferguson wanted me to play with high studs, the interchangeable ones that suit wet pitches. 'But I feel more comfortable in low ones. I agreed to change boots, but I didn't. Against Chelsea, I slipped in front of goal and wasted a chance. 'Afterwards, I rushed to the dressing room to change boots. Ferguson caught me. He grabbed the boots and threw them. That was my last game for United.' While the move may have brought his time at United to a premature end, it did not signal a breakdown in relations between Forlan and Ferguson - who rang the South American with some inside information on Arsenal during his Villarreal days. Roy Keane also remained in contact - and Forlan revealed the Irishman tried to buy him during his time in charge at Sunderland. 'Roy Keane's charisma, his personality on and off the pitch - he's a gentleman,' said Forlan. 'In training he'd explain things in a good way - and sometimes in a bad way, because it mattered. 'When he was boss at Sunderland, he called me all the time to go and play for him.'