3 hours ago Roy Keane has cleared the aerial with Manchester United skipper Bruno Fernandes, with the brace having a "lovely chat" aft helium misquoted the Portuguese - which led to Fernandes accusing him of lying.
Former Republic of Ireland midfielder Keane besides implied Fernandes was prioritising idiosyncratic accolades implicit the team's success.
Fernandes broke the grounds for the astir assists successful a azygous Premier League play connected the last time of the 2025-26 campaign, mounting up his 21st extremity against Brighton.
Speaking connected The Overlap podcast aft the penultimate circular of fixtures successful May, Keane questioned Fernandes' mindset and described him arsenic being astatine the centre of a "circus act".
He claimed the Portugal midfielder had said "I astir apt should person changeable but I made them passes" successful an interrogation pursuing the 3-2 triumph implicit Nottingham Forest.
Fernandes subsequently accused Keane of telling a "lie", pointing retired that his existent post-match comments were: "There were astir apt moments contiguous erstwhile I should person passed alternatively of shot.
"I'm precise blessed for the assist, but much than that, I'm blessed for the triumph and to decorativeness the play connected a high."
Fernandes said helium was keen to conscionable the erstwhile Manchester United skipper to sermon the issue, with Keane revealing connected Wednesday's Stick to Football podcast that a "nice, mature conversation" had taken place.
"There was a absorption aft what we said connected the podcast a fewer weeks agone and helium reached retired to maine and wanted a chat - I called him and we had a beauteous chat," Keane said.
"It was bully due to the fact that erstwhile we bash podcasts oregon games, sometimes you deliberation you accidental thing afterwards and you pass thing and it doesn't travel crossed properly, truthful radical get upset and helium said helium wanted to speech to me. We had a nice, mature conversation.
"I similar having boundaries with players. I don't privation to beryllium speaking to players each fewer weeks oregon their agents, I don't privation to spell down that road, but each present and past a subordinate mightiness scope out, truthful I deliberation it was important I spoke to him.
"There has been tons going connected and tons reported. He's evidently a large subordinate for United, I'm an ex-United subordinate and I deliberation the thought of this communicating and having a due conversation, I truly enjoyed it. Hopefully I deliberation helium did arsenic well. Nice chat astir a spot of everything and I felt amended afterwards."
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