ROY Keane joked that his daughter's matrimony could yet beryllium cancelled aft her fiancé scored connected his England debut against Ireland successful the Nation's League.
Here's everything we cognize astir Keano's girl Leah and her aboriginal husband — a rising prima successful the Three Lions set-up.
Who is Leah Keane?
Leah Keane is the girl of erstwhile Manchester United and Republic of Ireland footballer Roy Keane.
The erstwhile Red Devils skipper has five children with his wife Theresa Doyle — Shannon, Caragh, Aidan, Leah and Alanna.
Roy met his woman successful 1992, erstwhile the midfielder was playing for Nottingham Forest nether Brian Clough.
Despite her initially not seeming impressed with "Roy Keane, the large footballer", the mates yet got unneurotic and joined 3 years later.
The blessed mates tied the knot successful a backstage ceremonial astatine the Church of Our Lady Crowned successful Keane's hometown of Mayfield, Cork, successful 1997.
Roy and Theresa went connected to person 5 children unneurotic - with Roy referring to Leah arsenic No4.
She was calved connected July 12.
The erstwhile midfielder has got Leah's sanction tattooed connected his close limb - on with that of his different 4 different children.
However, his wife's sanction is not included successful his inkings.
Roy reportedly said: "The woman did inquire maine wherefore didn't I get hers.
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"I said, 'They'll ever beryllium my kids but you won't needfully ever beryllium my wife,' which she wasn't excessively pleased about."
When helium retired successful 2006, earlier going into management, Roy initially planned connected spending much clip with his family.
He wrote successful his autobiography: "My program erstwhile I archetypal stopped was, we’re going to spell connected immoderate household trips, we’re going to beryllium similar the Waltons.
"We’re each going to walk clip together, spell locomotion successful the parkland and aft a period oregon 2 they didn’t person the aforesaid program arsenic maine truthful I deliberation they were benignant of missing maine going to work.
Things tin alteration precise rapidly successful the Keane household
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"I got offered the occupation astatine Sunderland and I was distant connected a household vacation and my household were looking astatine me... not saying it straight but going we benignant of bask your institution but not excessively overmuch of it truthful erstwhile the occupation came backmost up they were saying you should spell for it."
Engagement to Taylor Harwood-Bellis
In November 2024, Leah gained media attraction owed to her engagement to Taylor Harwood-Bellis.
The defender plays for Southampton, having moved determination from Manchester City, wherever helium roseate done the ranks of the academy from property six.
Taylor captained England Under-21s to Euros glory successful 2023, and was handed his archetypal elder call-up by Lee Carsley successful November 2024.
He comes from a sporting household — the defender’s uncle Steve is Stockport’s president, and his duplicate sister Becky was a apical basketball player.
And his football-mad begetter Martin was Stockport’s mascot Vernon Bear for galore a year.
Asked astir his family, starting with his costume-wearing dad, Taylor said: “He did it a fewer times to beryllium fair, it wasn’t conscionable once.
“He indispensable person been bully astatine it. It was bittersweet to spot him stop.
“My sister doesn’t play immoderate much but she represented Great Britain. She was bully astatine basketball. We’re a sporty family.”
Funny aboriginal father-in-law
On November 17, 2024, aft Taylor scored against Ireland on his elder England debut, heading successful the fifth successful the 5-0 Wembley win, Roy huffy a wisecrack astir the defender marrying his girl — oregon not.
ITV big Mark Pougatch joked to Roy that the Southampton defender would beryllium discussing his extremity implicit Christmas meal — particularly arsenic it took the Irishman 3 years to people for his country.
But Roy 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."