ROY Keane is simply a arrogant household man.
While helium whitethorn person intimidated rivals connected the transportation arsenic Manchester United captain successful the 90s and 00s, and beryllium arsenic fierce a pundit determination is connected the box, he's brushed erstwhile it comes to his kids and grandkids.
Thanks to his Instagram account, the erstwhile Premier League hardman has fixed america a glimpse into his life.
From celebrating his daughters connected their birthdays to enjoying dressing up arsenic cartoon characters connected grandad duty, SunSport looks astatine Keane's household life.
And that includes a Premier League footballer who scored precocious against his beloved Republic of Ireland.
His wife
Keane has been joined to Theresa for implicit 20 years and they stock 5 children unneurotic – Shannon, Caragh, Aidan, Leah and Alanna.
The brace met successful 1992, erstwhile the midfielder was playing for Nottingham Forest nether Brian Clough.
"I spotted a beauteous miss successful a nine successful town. Her sanction was Theresa Doyle but she blanked me," Keane erstwhile revealed of his brushwood with the Nottingham-born beauty.
"She was successful a dependable narration and didn't look astatine each impressed by Roy Keane, the large footballer. In fact, I deliberation my estimation was arsenic a downer for each kinds of reasons.
"From clip to clip we ran into each different astir Nottingham. I knew immoderate of her friends, who told maine Theresa was a dentist's assistant.
"Eventually, aft her narration broke up, she relented and we went retired together. I was successful love."
Roy Keane successful heartfelt tribute to aboriginal son-in-law Taylor Harwood-Bellis aft 'bittersweet' England extremity vs Ireland_1
Back successful 2021, helium celebrated her day by cheekily cutting disconnected fractional of her representation successful an Instagram selfie.
He captioned the photo: "Happy day to my archetypal woman x"
Successful daughters
Keane has 5 children with Theresa, including 4 daughters.
Caragh, 28, is the 2nd oldest of their brood.
At the property of 25, Caragh was forced to crook down a “dream teaching position” aft being diagnosed with lupus – a chronic autoimmune information that results successful terrible inflammation.
Caragh was told she whitethorn request to acquisition chemotherapy aft processing utmost associated pains and blisters.
But, aft researching the linked betwixt gut wellness and inflammation, she changed to a steadfast diet.
And 3 years later, with her lupus conditions present a happening of the past, Caragh has released a cereal that encourages gut wellness and avoids processed ingredients.
Dad Keane has adjacent been promoting the snack, gifting it to colleagues including Ian Wright and Gary Neville on the Stick to Football podcast.
He said: “My girl Caragh has got a institution with wellness stuff. I americium proud, precise proud.”
Keane's youngest daughter, Alanna - who helium affectionally calls No5 connected societal media - has branched retired connected her own.
She works arsenic a tegument specializer and laser therapist astatine the Little Cheshire Clinic successful Altrincham, Greater Manchester.
Only lad Aiden Keane prefers to support a low-profile, arsenic does Shannon his eldest offspring.
Footballer successful the family
It was bound to happen.
Daughter "No4", Leah has fallen for the charms of a Premier League footballer.
She has dated Southampton defender Taylor Harwood-Bellis, who precocious made his debut for England against Republic of Ireland, for astir 5 years, according to reports.
The brace precocious got engaged, and Harwood-Bellis celebrated with a extremity connected his Three Lions debut.
ITV big Mark Pougatch joked to Keane successful the workplace that the Southampton defender volition beryllium bringing his extremity up implicit Christmas dinner, particularly due to the fact that it took the Irishman 3 years to people for Boys successful Green.
But Keane Sr, who whitethorn person already started penning his father-of-the-bride code up of their upcoming wedding, instantly quipped back: "Bittersweet for me, this.
"It [the wedding] is not done and dusted yet!
"Things tin alteration precise rapidly successful the Keane household.
"No, he's a truly bully kid, his household person done a bully job.
"It's bully for him, it's bully for him, he's a spot of a extremity threat."
Doting grandad
For each his toughness and talk, Keane tin beryllium a large softy.
And helium volition bash thing for his grandchildren, who perfectly dotes connected and shares household clip connected his superb Instagram account.
Including dressing up arsenic animated puppy Chase from fashionable kids' cartoon Paw Patrol.
Captioning the drawback of him successful a elephantine canine costume, Keane quipped he's lone doing it to wage for his excavation heating bill.
Inside Keane and Haaland's feud
Roy Keane's feud with the Haaland household seemingly began each the mode backmost successful 2001 erstwhile Keane deed Alfe Inge Haaland, Erling's father, with a fearfulness tackle.
After a barren spell for Haaland earlier this season, Keane said: “The levels of his wide play are truthful poor. He has to amended that. He is astir similar a League Two player."
Keane upgraded him to a "Championship" subordinate aft Haaland scored against Nottingham Forest.
After scoring 4 against Wolves, Haaland said: "I don’t attraction astir that man."
But Keane highlighted Haaland's behaviour erstwhile helium was subbed off, saying helium behaved "like a spoiled brat".
Sky Sports presenter Dave Jones caught the wrath of Keane's decease look erstwhile helium dared to question that statement considering his quartet of goals.
He joked: "Available for enactment hire. I don’t similar parties oregon kids but the excavation needs heating."
Keane besides joked astir his granddaughter idolising him, and took a grandson to spot Sing 2 successful the cinema.
Brilliant player, large pundit, amended household man.