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4th December 2017
07:46pm GMT

Speaking on the Men in Blazers podcast, Clattenburg said: "Even in the Premier League, I still smile at the first time I came across Roy Keane.
"He screamed at us for a corner and I'm sure it was a goal kick but because he screamed at us so loudly, I gave a corner. I was that petrified of him."Clattenburg can perhaps be cut a bit of slack because he was still very inexperienced at the time and there are few men who wouldn't be afraid of Keane. Clattenburg developed into one of the world's top officials and has since taken up a position as as Saudi Arabia's head of referees. "I probably lacked man management. I didn't have management experience because I was still a young boy," Clattenburg said. "I hadn't had that employment background. I didn't have any experience of dealing with people, managing people, saying the right thing at the right time. "It's only when I got older that I started to develop those skills. When you have those skills, you interact with adults better, players better. If you interact with players, they make your life easier. When they make your life easier, you become a good referee."
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