The pair were involved in a verbal altercation after Keane had given an interview to a newspaper bemoaning the preparation and facilities laid on by the Football Association of Ireland. Keane had already been convinced to reconsider a decision to quit the squad, only for the falling out to lead to the Manchester United midfielder leaving anyway. Keane will be played by Eanna Hardwicke with production due to start soon with a slated release date of next summer. “A million words have been written about what happened on that fateful week in 2002 on the tiny island of Saipan,” said producers Macdara Kelleher and John Keville. McCarthy resigned in November 2002 and Keane returned to the Ireland fold under his successor Brian Kerr, but retired from international football after failure to help the nation qualify for the 2006 World Cup.
