Roy Keane seen in furious confrontation with abusive Ipswich fan as he's told 'F*** you'

Former Manchester United skipper Roy Keane, who was moving arsenic a pundit for Sky Sports, managed Ipswich betwixt 2009 and 2011, and isn't overly fashionable with supporters

Roy Keane was filmed successful a heated confrontation with an Ipswich protagonist astatine Manchester United's 1-1 gully astatine Portman Road connected Sunday.

Former United skipper Keane, who was moving arsenic a pundit for Sky Sports, managed Ipswich betwixt 2009 and 2011, and could beryllium seen leaving the presumption country wherever helium had been lasting with Kelly Cates, Izzy Christensen and Jamie Redknapp, to attack the protagonist who had travel down from the stands.

After a little treatment during which Keane gestured backmost towards to the transportation helium returned to the camera to dependable of boos from the location fans. The Mail Online study that a antheral ran crossed from the precocious tier of the basal to outcry "F*** you Keane" to the Irishman arsenic helium was guided backmost into presumption by a subordinate of the accumulation team.

Keane wasn't overly fashionable with Ipswich fans by the clip helium departed the nine with them 21st successful Championship successful January 2011. He won conscionable 28 of his 81 matches successful charge.

Back successful August, the erstwhile midfielder expressed his volition to discontinue from punditry wrong the adjacent decade, citing the incidental erstwhile helium was headbutted by an Arsenal instrumentality astatine the Emirates Stadium past season.

He said: "I emotion football, but the hassle of matches, getting to games, and the hassle of fans. I was successful tribunal a fewer months agone with idiosyncratic headbutting maine bash you deliberation I bask that broadside of it? Absolutely not.

"The games are fine. Getting to the games, parking up, radical shouting your sanction bully stuff, atrocious worldly it's a nuisance. Being a pundit successful 10 years, not."

Arsenal instrumentality Scott Law, from Essex, was banned from entering a shot crushed for 3 years aft the incident.

The fracas began erstwhile Keane and chap Sky Sports pundit Micah Richards were making their mode pitchside to behaviour post-match analysis, with the ex-Ireland planetary being headbutted done doors by Law.

A justice ruled Law had been “untruthful astir what happened” and helium was recovered blameworthy of assault. As good arsenic the three-year banning order, helium was ordered to implicit 80 hours of unpaid enactment and wage ineligible costs of £650 positive a unfortunate surcharge of £114.

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