Roy Keane meets football legends as he visits Inter Miami training camp
Roy Keane met a trio of Barcelona greats as he visited Inter Miami's training camp ahead of the last 16 of the FIFA World Cup.
The Corkman has travelled to the United States to take in the later stages of the inaugural edition of the club competition.
And the former Manchester United captain visited the Inter Miami squad ahead of their clash with PSG on Sunday.
Keane was pictured alongside a trio of former Barcelona stars in Luis Suarez, Sergio Busquets and Jordi Alba.
But fans were disappointed that Keane never got to meet Inter Miami's talisman Lionel Messi.
It was Messi's free-kick against Porto that propelled his MLS side into the knockout stages of the Club World Cup.
But they now have their work cut out against the reigning Champions League winners in PSG.
Messi, of course, had a two-year spell at PSG after leaving Barcelona, scoring 32 goals in 75 games for the French side.
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