Roy Keane has opened up on what really happened with the Ipswich fan in THAT incident just a few weeks ago.
Manchester United legend Keane went viral when he was filmed telling a fan to ‘meet me in the car park’ at Portman Road.
Keane confronted the Ipswich supporter following the 1-1 draw
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Keane confronted the Ipswich supporter following the 1-1 drawCredit: https://x.com/adenLFC4life
The 53-year-old was working for Sky Sports where an Ipswich supporter was shouting abuse at him following the 1-1 draw in Ruben Amorim’s first game.
It is believed the fan’s abuse stemmed from Keane’s tenure as Tractor Boys boss between 2009 and 2011.
On the latest episode of The Overlap, Gary Neville read out a fan question asking when the last time the panel got angry.
Jill Scott jumped in and mentioned Keane’s altercation with the Ipswich fan.
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To this, Keane replied: “Don’t laugh. I wasn’t angry. I wasn’t angry. I was calm. I went up to the guy twice.
“It happens when we do games they send us down after matches and it can be up and down, depending on what has happened in the match.
“People think they can abuse you or whatever, it seems we are supposed to accept that.
“I went up to him twice and said, 'No problem if you want to abuse me or want a discussion with me, but I’m working.'
“I went up to him twice! He’s obviously swearing in front of kids. I said if he wanted to see me afterwards, come and see me in the car park.
“I’ll ask a question, where else was I going to see him? Where else could I see him? The lounge? Everyone is asked to leave the ground. I’ll meet you in McDonald’s. I’ll meet you in the car park.”
Keane appeared to be irked by what the fan had said to him
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Keane appeared to be irked by what the fan had said to himCredit: @adenLFC4life X
Arsenal legend Ian Wright then pointed out that asking to meet someone in the car park is offering someone out for a fight.
Keane replied: “I’m not offering him out. I’m 53 years of age with five kids and two grandkids… he wasn’t there.
“I was calm. Honestly, that’s not me getting angry.”
When asked if he waited in the car park, Keane added: “There was other idiots in the car park hanging round. I don’t get it. The angle people have is that I’m asking people for a fight.
“Bizarrely I had that last year at Arsenal. Thank god the judge could see through the nonsense and realised I was assaulted.
“I wasn’t angry last weekend… you don’t believe me do you.”
Keane insisted he was not angry in the latest episode of The Overlap
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Keane insisted he was not angry in the latest episode of The OverlapCredit: YouTube: The Overlap
The incident Keane is referring to took place at the Emirates last season when a man headbutted the Man United star.
Scott Law, of Waltham Abbey, Essex, was later found guilty of assault and handed a three-year banning order.
Simon Jordan's verdict on Roy Keane
Here's what former Crystal Palace owner and talkSPORT host Simon Jordan made of the Roy Keane confrontation at the time...
I mean it's easy to say what people should and shouldn't do unless you're put in that situation, I don't think someone should be offering somebody out. I think there's a better way to handle it.
Notwithstanding that, it doesn't entitle people to say precisely what they want, but intimidation is all relative. Some people saying boo to a goose makes people intimidated, other people are more robust.
Roy, I would suspect, is on the robust side of things, he probably didn't like the observation of his abject failure at Ipswich being reminded of him whilst he was pining on everybody else's successes and failures which is his job on television to do these days, and so with that in mind I think there's a balance to be struck.
Jordan shared his thoughts on the Keane incident on talkSPORT
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Jordan shared his thoughts on the Keane incident on talkSPORTCredit: talkSPORT
None of us know precisely what was said, and the question is, at which point should a pundit be immune from critical observations and what is considered to be a critical observation which is beyond the pale.
If Roy Keane decides that someone criticising his tenure, because clearly it's an Ipswich Town fan reminding him of the potential abject failure that he had at Ipswich Town, and he's clearly taken exception to that.
Obviously he's the only person that can point out other people's abject failures, so if we're now saying that's off the table, because it can't be off the table.
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I get criticised for things that I say on this radio show. You get criticised as a presenter, as a player, as an owner, as a manager, it's the nature of the beast.
It's the emotive investment that goes into this sport which makes it the biggest sport in the world, which is why five billion people around the world watch it.