"In the light of what has happened, I have given the transcript tapes to Michael Kennedy (Keane's solicitor) and people can make their own mind up at the time, the people who matter,"
He added: "Roy has done a service to Manchester United fans, to Irish fans and to people who buy the book.”
"He hasn't been one of those players who has deceived people by producing a book which says nothing.”
"The public does deserve a sense of what the game is really like as opposed to the kind of fairy tales they are frequently offered.”
"If you are going to tell your life story, then tell it. There is nothing horrid in the book, there is no kiss and tell, there is no damning of colleagues - apart from the Irish situation."
"I didn't think about serialisation when we sat down together to work on the book, I just thought about writing a book.”
"The only thought I had about serialisation was that it would take particular instances out of context and that could be dangerous.”
"I said that to Roy and to Michael Kennedy. I was wary of serialisation but the call was the publishers.”
"I don't think any of us anticipated that the Haaland thing would have been such a big issue read in the context of the book.”
"I have talked to an awful lot of people, and they have said that they didn't really notice very much they just passed by it.”
"Whipped out and taken out of context, it caused a lot of trouble for Roy and I regret that,"