- Roy Keane and Patrick Vieira engaged in a jokey conflict on Sky Sports activities
- The Irishman could not assist however crack a smile over the interplay
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Roy Keane dropped his powerful man act for a break up second after a hilarious encounter with one in all his former bitter rivals.
Keane appeared within the studio alongside Sky Sports activities regulars Micah Richards, Theo Walcott and Paul Merson as we speak forward of Brighton vs Nottingham Forest.
The star-studded line-up had been additionally joined by Arsenal icon Patrick Vieira by way of a video hyperlink from Chicago, the place he was internet hosting an occasion for American followers.
To not miss their alternative Micah Richards and Theo Walcott had been fast to say Keane and Vieira’s previous agency rivalry.
Richards started the teasing by asking the Frenchman ‘I acquired your mate in studio right here, why you not right here. Are you scared? Working scared? What’s taking place?’
Roy Keane dropped his powerful man exterior for a quick second following a hilarious interplay with former rival Patrick Vieira
The previous Arsenal participant was fast to reply jokingly implying ‘I can’t be in the identical room as Roy Keane so I’m higher being in Chicago!”
To all people’s shock a uncommon chuckle got here from the normally stone chilly Irishman when the 2 pundits tried to get an increase out of the 2 males.
Richards and Walcott nonetheless weren’t happy with the response from the 2 previous rivals so continued to poke on the pair.
Vieira was teased by Micah Richards who mentioned ‘I acquired your mate in studio right here, why you not right here. Are you scared? Working scared? What’s taking place?’
Richards started the quizzing by asking: ‘Who began this?’
Earlier than Walcott added ‘he isn’t kicked me but however I need to know who kicked extra, him otherwise you, Patrick? Who began the well-known debate, let’s assume?’
Vieira was the primary to take Richard’s and Walcott’s bait and get in on the jokey conflict replying ‘I feel he’s the one who began (the rivalry) as a result of he was all the time afraid of me.
‘And I feel each time he was dealing with me he was afraid of the standard and the challenges that I used to be giving to him.’
Nonetheless Keane by no means one to draw back from an argument, not to mention lose one cheekily replied ‘Patrick, I used to be by no means afraid of you.
‘You might be kidding your self!’ he mentioned a giant grin on his face.
Keane was amused by the interplay and even cracked a smile
The pair Followers famously clashed within the Highbury tunnel again in February 2005
Followers tuning in cherished the response between the 2 who famously clashed within the Highbury tunnel in February 2005.
One fan wrote: ‘Micah and Theo digging into one in all soccer’s fiercest rivalries! Epic banter!’
A second mentioned: ‘seems like a buddy comedy the place each stars are too cussed to confess they really simply need to be greatest mates!’
A 3rd added: Richards and Walcott enjoying referee to the Vieira-Keane drama—this rivalry’s extra intense than any derby!
