“They have obviously paid way too much for him.” Roy Keane said that Arsenal have paid too much for Declan Rice ahead of the Community Shield at Wembley on Sunday afternoon. The Gunners beat Manchester City on penalties after the match ended 1-1, and Rice started in midfield for his new team. Arsenal paid £105m […]

2 years ago

“It’s only a matter of time.” There will be some individuals out there on planet earth, this weekend, telling themselves that Erling Haaland may not be all that he is cracked up to be. Roy Keane is not one of them. Haaland had a tough competitive debut for Manchester City as he missed two gilt-edged […]

3 years ago

LIVERPOOL 3-1 MAN CITY Darwin Núñez was the Liverpool hero as the Reds won the Community Shield on a day Erling Haaland drew a resounding blank. Our full Man City and Liverpool player ratings have a big spread of sublime to ridiculous. The opening stages saw both Mo Salah and Kevin De Bruyne have good […]

3 years ago

“This will define a player, these moments.” At the end of last season, as Manchester City celebrated another league title at Eastlands, Roy Keane was asked if he had any advice for Jack Grealish. “Yeah,” Keane quickly shot back. “Stay off the top shelf!” Keane and Grealish go back a stretch, due to the Birmingham […]

3 years ago

‘Apologies on behalf of all the good Leicester fans.’ Ian Wright and Roy Keane were subjected to some awful abuse during their punditry stint at Wembley Stadium, on Saturday, with many Leicester City fans sending their apologies on behalf of the club. Wright and Keane were in the broadcast gantry for ITV, during their coverage […]

5 years ago

Ah, the Community Shield. The curtain-raiser. The ‘nice day out for the family’. The ‘corporate shill of an event’. The ‘little more than a pre-season friendly’. The ‘there is a trophy at stake, though’ Show me a football fan, writes Kyle Picknell, that knows what to make of the Community Shield and I will show you […]

7 years ago