Jamie Carragher has admitted that helium would alternatively scrap Roy Keane than beryllium managed by Gary Neville.
The Liverpool fable was appearing connected StillRyan's Still Talking Show connected YouTube erstwhile helium was asked a bid of quickfire 'this oregon that' questions - from who helium rated higher betwixt Sir Alex Ferguson and Pep Guardiola, to choosing betwixt Champions League triumph and a vocation successful punditry.
Carragher was unphased by the questions coming his mode erstwhile Ryan asked him: "Would you alternatively combat Roy Keane oregon person Gary Neville arsenic your manager?" With a wry smile, Carragher brought astir a chuckle successful the workplace arsenic helium admitted: "I'd alternatively combat Roy Keane."
Despite ne'er physically coming to blows with the Irishman, Carragher had his just stock of on-field battles with Keane during his Premier League career. A antiaircraft stalwart for Liverpool, Carragher came up against Keane's Manchester United successful a fig of fierce meetings implicit the years - his opposing midfielder known for his no-nonsense property and crunching tackles.
And their rivalry has besides since carried implicit into the world of punditry, with some men presently moving for Sky Sports aft calling clip connected their respective playing careers. One of the astir notorious feuds betwixt the 2 was seen unrecorded connected a 2021 instalment of Super Sunday pursuing a 1-1 stalemate betwixt Chelsea and United.
It was Cristiano Ronaldo's 2nd stint with the Red Devils, and Keane was unimpressed astatine interim brag Michael Carrick's determination to seat him up of the fixture and deploy him arsenic a precocious substitute successful the November clash - arguing however the Portuguese large needed to beryllium successful the starting 11.
However, Carragher insisted that Keane's reflection was "not right" - starring to a four-minute warfare of words arsenic Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink sat awkwardly successful the mediate of the two, struggling to get a connection successful edgeways. The statement lone came to a adjacent aft David Jones tapped Keane connected the limb and said: "Time to go."
However, it appears arsenic though Carragher would instrumentality a carnal combat with Keane implicit having to heed to the commands of chap pundit Neville, whom helium has besides had his just stock of on-air clashes with implicit the years. And Neville has antecedently explained that their similar personalities are to blame for countless backmost and forths.
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YouTube/The Overlap)Speaking during an instalment of The Overlap with Sky Sports successful precocious 2024, Neville was asked who helium would slightest similar to stock a country with retired of his co-presenters. He replied: "I deliberation I would beryllium stitched up due to the fact that you can't abstracted Roy and Ian [Wright] - truthful they would decidedly country together.
"Which would mean I'd beryllium enactment with Jamie Carragher, who is decidedly the past idiosyncratic I'd want. What is it astir Carra that means I wouldn't privation to country with him? I conscionable don't privation to perceive to a infinitesimal much of him than I request to. He is perpetually 'on' and I'm definite he'd accidental the aforesaid astir me, but I deliberation sometimes strength gathering strength doesn't work. Basically, I request a small spot much Yin and Yang, alternatively than what we are which is much Yin and Yin."
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