An FA statement confirmed:
"Roy Keane has denied two charges of bringing the game into disrepute," said an FA statement.
"The first charge follows the tackle on Alf Inge Haaland during Manchester United's Premier League fixture with Manchester City on April 21, 2001, which is now alleged to have been improperly motivated by an apparent element of revenge.
"The second charge relates to Roy Keane allegedly publishing, for financial profit or reward, an account in his autobiography in which he speaks of a desire to exact revenge on Haaland, therefore bringing the game into disrepute."
However Red legend, Sammy Mac (speaking on MUTV) is not sure it’s right to appeal:
It was a horrendous challenge. How he is going to get out of it I don't know. There has been badness between Roy and Haaland over the years, but I find it very strange it is going this far."