The back and forth between Virgil van Dijk and Roy Keane has created many headlines and now Phil Thompson has had his say on the on-running feud.
Speaking on talkSPORT, our former assistant manager said: “I don’t think he was arrogant, I just think he was giving his opinion, as Roy gives his opinion, as Gary [Neville] gives his opinion. It wasn’t arrogant by any means. I would say it was frustration…
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“And for Roy Keane to be talking about arrogance in people… come on, do me a favour.
“And I love Roy…but I played that back and he just kept repeating the word. Roy, just get a life!”
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It seems clear that the 69-year-old thinks the former Manchester United midfielder has a fair amount of arrogance himself.
When you pick a fight with the captain of Liverpool though, it’s nice to see that a former holder of the armband has leapt to the defence of it’s current owner.
You can watch Thompson’s comments on Van Dijk and Keane via @talkSPORT on X:
“Roy, just get a life!” 😡🙄
🤫 “Van Dijk wasn’t arrogant! For Roy Keane to be talking about arrogance… do me a favour!”@Phil_Thompson4 slams Roy Keane for calling Van Dijk ‘arrogant’ after #LFC v #MUFC. 👀 pic.twitter.com/6rOgPygr4D
— talkSPORT (@talkSPORT) December 19, 2023
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