Alan Shearer snaps back at Roy Keane ‘nasty’ comments as long-running feud is reignited

The duo had an infamous bust-up at St James’ Park back in 2001, as Newcastle skipper Shearer ducked away from a swipe directed at him by United captain Keane in a heated exchange.

Keane was sent off in that incident and he has never been complimentary towards Shearer since then, with his comments in the latest Stick To Football podcast confirming his disdain for his former rival has not waned.

“Shearer was sneaky, sneaky elbows. I didn’t admire people who were nasty, I don’t like nasty people,” he said last week.

Now Shearer has given his response, as he was asked to comment by host Gary Lineker in the latest The Rest Is Football podcast.

“It’s amazing what rival pods will do to try and get a bit of PR,” said Lineker with a smile.

Shearer then replied: “Someone sent me that the other day, and then Micah [Richards] sent me it and Wrighty [Ian Wright] and we had a laugh. I mean, really, come on."

Lineker went on to chuckle as he claimed Shearer is “living in his head”, with the Newcastle legend offering this final comment on Keane: “Sneaky and nasty... I mean, some of the tackles, come on.”

Lineker then added: “Pot, kettle, black, and that kind of stuff.”

Shearer previously suggested he was not a fan of Keane, as he offered up his opinions on their clash in 2001 in an interview with the BBC.

“I didn’t like him. I had loads of rucks with him and I wasn’t the only one,” said the former striker, who turned down the chance to become a team-mate of Keane at Manchester United in favour of a move to his hometown club Newcastle.

“It was a throw-in in the far corner where I stopped him taking an early throw. We were beating them at St James’ and he wanted to take a quick throw-in and he’d been at me all game as he normally was.‌

“It was about three or four minutes before the end of the game. I can’t remember exactly what I said, I called him some sort of name.

“He got the red card and I remember having a little smile and thought ‘I’ve done you a kipper here. I can’t believe you’ve fallen into that little trap.’”

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