Michael Carrick has branded the noise generated around Manchester United by former players “irrelevant” and says Roy Keane’s personal comments “did not bother” him.
Carrick inherited Keane’s number 16 shirt when he joined United from Tottenham in 2006.
He went on to win five Premier League titles and the Champions League but United were at the start of their downward spiral when they were beaten by Olympiakos in Europe’s top-tier competition in 2014.
Carrick gave what Keane felt was a dour interview after that match and the Irishman’s assessment triggered a fierce response from Carrick’s wife Lisa at the time.
Although she quickly deleted an X-rated social media post, Keane has evidently not forgotten and branded her “a big mouth”…