Watch: Roy Keane gets asked would he 'cuddle' Micah Richards
The ex-Ireland icon never fails to crack fans up when he appears on Sky Sports and it was no different for Sunday's showings of Chelsea vs Crystal Palace and Manchester United vs Arsenal.
For someone who is usually so serious, Keane always finds a way to provide a laugh in the punditry box. Roy Keane was up to his usual tricks on Sky Sports Super Sunday. Pic: The Overlap/ YouTube
After the final-whistle in Chelsea's 0-0 draw at home to Palace, there was a notable interaction between the away side's captain and manager.
Marc Guehi was seen ignoring his boss Oliver Glasner's calls for a conversation on the pitch, which has further flamed rumours that the defender could be leaving the club amid links to Liverpool.
Glasner looked a bit fed up with Guehi as he walked away and also seemed to point out the snubbing to Palace striker Jean-Philippe Mateta as he was clapping the away supporters. Micah Richards is no stranger to winding up his fellow pundit. Pic: Visionhaus
Mateta was seen looking back at Guehi and remarking something to Glasner who just shrugged his shoulders.
However, Keane was quick to jump to the Palace captain's defence and instead took aim at Glasner – and Premier League managers in general – for coming onto the pitch at the end of a game.
Keane said: 'Where has this all happened in the last year or two when manager's come onto the pitch and shake hands with everybody and the opposition players? The Corkman usually cracks a few jokes while on punditry duty. Pic:'When a player's just had a tough match, he's physically exhausted, then the manager's like 'come and have a little chit-chat', knowing that there's talk about him leaving.
'As a player you don't want to get involved in that as well and that manager's come up and you're just like 'what's up with ya? Let's just get down the tunnel, if you want to have a chat we'll do it inside'.
'But this idea of managers all wanting to do something on the pitch, that's come in the last few years.
🗣️ "It's like the new garlic bread"
Roy Keane's thoughts on that Oliver Glasner and Marc Guehi interaction at full-time of Chelsea vs Crystal Palace… pic.twitter.com/Ntqh24Mvfy
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