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Jason McAteer has hit back at Roy Keane following his controversial comments about Jon Walters claiming that he was disappointed by some of the things his former Irish teammate said. Keane made headlines last week during an Off The Ball roadshow when he hit out at Walters, appearing to criticise his appearance on the Late Late Show earlier this year …

Former Ipswich Town and Ireland goalkeeper Shane Supple has outlined that he felt Roy Keane’s comments regarding Jonathan Walters were “too close to the bone” and “below the belt.” Keane made headlines last week during an Off The Ball roadshow when he hit out at Walters appearing to criticise his appearance on the Late Late Show earlier this year where …

Jon Walters wonders why anyone listens to Roy Keane anymore after the former Ireland captain made controversial comments about him earlier this week. The pair have a strained relationship dating back to Keane’s spell as manager of Ipswich and Walters subsequent exit from the club in 2010. More recently, it was highly documented that the pair had an argument in …

Eamon Dunphy has hit out at Roy Keane following the former Ireland captain’s controversial comments earlier this week. The former Manchester United captain was the main guest at an Off The Ball event earlier this week and proceeded to air his views on a varying range of topics ranging from Alex Ferguson to Jason McAteer. However, it was Keane’s comments …

“Imagine if Jon won a trophy. He talks a good game.” Roy Keane has finally had his say on his exit from the Republic of Ireland set-up and his disputes with Jon Walters, Harry Arter and Stephen Ward that occured in the months before he and Martin O’Neill left their posts. Keane did not hold back when discussing the Irish …

“Why would he be a risk now? I don’t see it.” Gary Neville has backed Roy Keane to make a return to management, saying that his former teammate is entering the prime years of his career as a coach. The Sky Sports pundit also spoke to Pundit Arena about his own short spell as manager, why he will never return …

“We had nothing in common. His beliefs and my beliefs are a mile apart,” the former Rangers goalkeeper said. One could forgive even the most diehard Manchester United fan for forgetting about Andy Goram’s brief spell at the club. Back in March 2001, the former Rangers goalkeeper signed for United on a short-term loan deal from Motherwell after first-team goalkeepers …

Former Irish striker Jon Walters has revealed details of a heated exchange between himself and ex-Ipswich manager Roy Keane during their time at Portman Road. Walters spent four seasons at Ipswich before a chance to move to the Premier League with Stoke City came up, something the striker was very keen on at the time. Speaking on JOE’s Liquid Football, …

Former Ireland captain Roy Keane was reportedly invited into the England rugby camp during the week to give Eddie Jones a pep talk ahead of the upcoming World Cup. According to SunSport, Keane visited the England squad on Tuesday and spoke to them about his star studded career which included a host of Premier League titles as well as a …

Roy Keane made a splash during his punditry appearances on Sky Sports last season, and Jamie Carragher wants him to return to the broadcasters for the upcoming campaign. Keane has been working sporadically as a pundit since 2011, predominately with ITV. However, he arguably made his biggest impact in the studio last season when he covered Manchester United’s defeats to …

On this day 17 years ago, Rio Ferdinand joined Manchester United from Leeds United in a deal worth £30m. However, that wasn’t enough to impress Roy Keane in his first training session for the club. On July 22, 2002, Ferdinand was presented at Old Trafford after a lengthy transfer saga. Leeds and Man United were bitter rivals, and Ferdinand was …

On this day in 1993, Irish midfielder Roy Keane signed for Alex Ferguson’s Manchester United from Nottingham Forest. The Cork native would go on to make 480 appearances for the Red Devils during his twelve and a half seasons at Old Trafford winning seven Premier League trophies, four FA Cups and the Champions League during his time at the club. …

Former Bohemians goalkeeper, Brian Murphy, spoke of the “incredible” experience of working under Roy Keane at Ipswich while also giving fans an insight into the Irish legend’s managerial style. Speaking at the Gaultier GAA ‘Resilience Forum’, Murphy opened up on how the Manchester United legend talked him into going back across the water after returning to Ireland from Swansea in …

Roy Keane is a better fit than Ole Gunnar Solskjaer to be the Manchester United manager, according to John Giles. The Republic of Ireland and Leeds United legend has claimed that Keane would do a better job than his old teammate given the current conditions at Old Trafford and what the club needs to change their fortunes. Giles reckons that …

“His old-fashioned approach had been exposed.” Eamon Dunphy has said that Martin O’Neill and Roy Keane are finished at the top level of football management and that they are “yesterday’s men.” Dunphy made the comments following the departure of both men from their positions at Nottingham Forest. On Friday, O’Neill was dismissed by the Championship club after just five months …

Katie Taylor has revealed how a phone call from Roy Keane helped her during one of the lowest moments of her career.  Cast your mind back to 2016 and Taylor had a weight of expectation on her shoulders going into the Rio Olympics. With Taylor securing a gold medal at the London 2012 games, the whole country was expecting the …

On Sunday morning, Nottingham Forest confirmed the news that Roy Keane would be leaving his role as the club’s assistant manager to Martin O’Neill. Keane only joined Forest in January, after five years as the Irish assistant manager, but has left the club which finished the season in ninth under the duo. With Keane now gone from Nottingham Forest and …

On Sunday morning, Nottingham Forest announced the departure of assistant manager Roy Keane after a spell of just five months at the Championship club. Keane arrived in January to link up once again with Martin O’Neill who he had worked under with the Republic of Ireland for five years. O’Neill and Keane came in to replace Aitor Karanka at Forest …