Roy Keane - Media Work

Media Work

Keane has done media work but expressed his lack of enthusiasm to do so again in future when he said, "I was asked last week by ITV to do the Celtic game," he said. "A couple of weeks before that I was asked to do the United game against Celtic at Old Trafford. I think I've done it once for Sky. Never again. I'd rather go to the dentist. You're sitting there with people like Richard Keys and they're trying to sell something that's not there." Keane added, "Any time I watch a game on television I have to turn the commentators off".

Later, Roy had a change of heart. Keane along with Harry Redknapp and Gareth Southgate (who Keane was sent off for for stamping on during an FA Cup semi-final in 1995) were pundits for ITV's coverage of the Champions League final between Manchester United and Barcelona. In the 2011-12 season he became ITV chief football analyst appearing on nearly every Live ITV match alongside presenter Adrian Chiles & Gareth Southgate. He appeared on ITV in the Champions League including Chelsea's victory in the final against Bayern Munich, nearly all FA Cup matches including the final between Chelsea & Liverpool at Wembley and England competitive internationals and friendlies. He is also involved in the ITV team for Euro 2012 alongside longtime rival Patrick Vieira and they appeared together as pundits in the Ireland v Spain match and Czech Republic v Russia match, he also appears with Roberto Martinez & Gordon Strachan. He has won acclaim for his no-nonsense approach particulary on akin with RTE.