Roy Keane has reignited a four-year feud with pop legend Sir Rod Stewart after the singer originally labelled the Man Utd hardman a ‘bully’ over an on-air bust up with Jamie Carragher
Rod Stewart once branded Roy Keane a ‘bully'(Image: POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
Roy Keane has said “rubbish” Sir Rod Stewart should retire – reigniting a fiery four-year feud between the two legends.
The former Manchester United hardman stuck the boot into rocker Rod for branding him a ‘bully’ back in 2021. The 80-year-old Glastonbury headliner lashed out at Keane, 53, for an on-air bust-up he had with fellow pundit Jamie Carragher over Cristiano Ronaldo ’s then-form at United.
Rod saw the clash on telly and accused Keane of being ‘far too aggressive’. He told talkSPORT at the time: “I think Roy can be a bit of a bully sometimes. I admired him as a player but he’s a bit of a bully.
“I think there’s a way of speaking your mind and I think he’s far too aggressive. He was an elite player but do you think he could be a good manager with that approach?”
Keane has now hit back at the singer and reignited the feud(Image: Getty Images)
Keane waited four years to get his revenge – calling for lifelong Celtic fan Rod to ‘get off the stage’.
He told Carragher, Gary Neville, Ian Wright and Jill Scott on the Stick to Football podcast the Maggie May singer was past it and should hang up his microphone.
Reminded by Neville of the singer’s previous remarks Roy blasted: “He has a go at everybody. Who does he think he is?”
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Ex-England star Scott asked what Keane had done to upset Rod.
“I did nothing,” Roy replied.
“Why do you think I did something? Rod Stewart slags everybody off. Who does he think he is? He has a go at everybody. He has a go at everybody.
“He’s not great. Great at what? Singing? I saw him a few years ago. He was rubbish. Rubbish, I swear.
The tension began after Keane’s on-air spat with fellow pundit Jamie Carragher(Image: Sky Sports / ITV)
“He was rubbish that night. It’s like we have bad games. I didn’t say he’s not a good singer. He was just rubbish that night I saw him.
“He’s pushing on a bit now. There must come a point like a boxer where for a singer you go, ‘You’ve had a good run, enough’s enough’.
“We’ve had it as players. When do people say to a singer, ‘Come on, you’ve had a good innings, enough’s enough, get off the stage’.”
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