Alfie Haaland has accused Roy Keane of wanting it both ways following his scathing attack on Manchester United's corporate fans.

Haaland cranked up the tension for today's Manchester derby at Maine Road when he said the Reds captain was wrong to criticise the people who help pay his £52,000-a-week wages.

The Manchester City captain mischievously suggested if Keane is so bothered by the lack of support at Old Trafford then perhaps he should halve his wages to let more passionate fans in for free.

Haaland said: ''His comments on United's prawn sandwich fans, I think former Norway manager Egil Olsen summed it up nicely when he said: 'You can't have it both ways'.

''It seems clear Keane is quite happy to take home £50,000-a-week. But then he moans about the corporate fans, who are basically paying his wages.

''Perhaps Roy could offer to have his pay halved and let a load of more passionate fans in for free but somehow I doubt that would happen.''

Haaland and Keane have had their run-ins in the past, most notably in September 1997 when the Irishman suffered a cruciate ligament injury trying to foul the Norwegian international who was then playing for Leeds.

Despite that, Haaland insists he does not hate Keane or United - although he admits he is sick of them winning all the time.

''They're the sort of club you either like or don't like and I probably speak for a lot of people when I say I'm sick of seeing them win everything. But I don't hate Roy Keane either,'' he said on his website.

Keane missed almost an entire year because of that injury, and Haaland reckons it may have been a turning point in his career.

Haaland believes he has come back a better and more mature player.

''He has been a fantastic player over the last few years since he got injured against me when we played them at Elland Road in 1997,'' he said.

''Maybe his behaviour was worse before then, but I think he's become a sort of role model for lots of players in this country for the way he conducts himself on and off the pitch."