Overview

• Roy Keane recently described Alan Shearer as “sneaky” and “nasty,” accusing him of using covert elbows during his playing days.
• Shearer responded on The Rest Is Football after Gary Lineker raised the remarks, laughing them off and pointing to Keane’s own notorious tackles.
• Lineker framed the swipe as rival podcast PR and quipped “pot, kettle, black” before moving the conversation on.
• Ian Wright rejected the notion that Shearer was nasty, while Gary Neville had backed Keane’s characterisation during the original discussion.
• The back-and-forth recalls their infamous 2001 confrontation at St James’ Park, when Keane was sent off following a late-game flare-up with Shearer.