Roy Keane leaves pundits speechless during rant over Man Utd’s board meeting

Roy Keane went connected an epic rant astir Manchester United's existent concern successful the aftermath of Erik 10 Hag's latest committee meeting, and laid down the instrumentality to his chap pundits

Roy Keane near his chap pundits speechless with a lengthy tirade astir the existent authorities of affairs astatine Manchester United.

On The Overlap's Stick to Football podcast, brought to you by Sky Bet, Keane shared his thoughts connected Erik 10 Hag's existent predicament with Gary Neville, Wayne Rooney, Jill Scott and Ian Wright. This followed a seven-hour committee meeting held connected Tuesday to sermon Ten Hag's presumption aft a mediocre commencement to the 2024/25 season.

The unit is mounting connected the United brag pursuing a drawstring of lacklustre performances, with the squad failing to unafraid a triumph successful their past 5 matches crossed each competitions. Ten Hag has managed conscionable six victories successful the club's past 21 Premier League games and lone 1 triumph from their erstwhile 10 European fixtures, contempt a summertime concern of around £205million.

Despite the deafening soundlessness since the committee meeting, which took spot successful London, it seems that Ten Hag's occupation is harmless for now, with different reappraisal owed if the concern deteriorates further. However, ex-United midfielder Keane expressed his vexation astatine however things are presently being handled astatine his erstwhile club.

When asked if helium believed Ten Hag would stay successful his relation until astatine slightest Christmas, Keane confessed helium was unsure of the behind-the-scenes happenings astatine Old Trafford and expressed that helium doesn't "recognise" the existent authorities of affairs.

Keane said: "I don't cognize (on whether Ten Hag volition past until the extremity of the year). I'm definite club's person committee meetings each the time, I'm definite they're perpetually discussing the manager, recruitment and staff. But to me, United was ever astir bully radical and bully characters, and radical who could play for Man United, and woody with it, but I don't spot that now. I don't recognise this team, I don't recognise the club.

"A mates of months agone everyone was saying, 'they've got caller radical coming connected board, they'll person each the answers', much wealth connected recruitment and United person gone backwards."

Keane pointed retired the changes successful United's hierarchy and the changeless comings and goings astatine each levels of the club, suggesting that United is astatine hazard of losing its footballing individuality arsenic the concern broadside threatens to overshadow what happens connected the pitch. His comments near the country successful a stunned soundlessness arsenic helium delivered the brutal connection to his erstwhile club.

"They're chopping and changing and getting escaped of everyone successful the inheritance which is fine, there's a concern broadside to it, we cognize that," Keane said. "But erstwhile we're discussing Man United it's much similar a concern than a shot club. Football clubs are astir radical and bully radical who crook up and enactment a displacement successful and who are good, honorable people.

"We each enactment successful athletics and successful antithetic environments and it's astir moving with bully people, and what I spot astatine Man United, stepping backmost a bit, and it mightiness beryllium a spot harsh, I'm not definite I'm seeing due footballing radical who are making the close decisions for the club."

Keane was intelligibly incensed by however openly the interior workings of the nine are being aired. He besides bemoaned the deficiency of secrecy astir committee meetings and criticising the continuous reliance connected bequest figures for innovation and change.

"It's much of a concern having these committee meetings and everyone seems to cognize astir these committee meetings, wherefore can't they person these committee meetings without anyone knowing astir them oregon wherever they are? You can't archer maine they can't find a bully small edifice successful the lakes oregon somewhere," Keane said.

"I'm serious, wherefore bash we cognize each this information? Why is this nationalist knowledge? You spot each these radical astatine the match, each lined up, and (Sir Alex) Ferguson and you wonderment if it's ever going to change?"

Despite Keane's fury with the Man Utd hierarchy failing their owed diligence, it's reported that United bosses Sir Jim Ratcliffe, Joel Glazer and INEOS sports supremo Sir Dave Brailsford are the trio pulling strings astatine Old Trafford. The radical besides consulted CEO Omar Berrada, athletics caput Dan Ashworth, method main Jason Wilcox, wealth brag Roger Bell and operations guru Collette Roche to sermon Ten Hag's fate.

While helium wields immense clout arsenic a large subordinate astatine United, Ratcliffe has shirked sole blasted for immoderate determination connected Ten Hag's future. Talking to BBC Sport, Ratcliffe played down his influence, saying: "At the extremity of the time it's not my call.

"It's the absorption squad that's moving Manchester United that person to determine however we champion tally the squad successful galore antithetic respects."

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