You may have seen the clip of Roy Keane exchanging views with an Ipswich fan on Sunday. Keane hears his heckler from Sky Sports’ pitchside station, slips his hands into his coat pockets (he can make the innocuous somehow seem menacing), and strides over for a robust conversation.
Keane can be heard inviting the fan to meet him later in the car park, universally understood pub parlance, though he deftly adds “we’ll discuss it” to leave room for interpretation over whether he is arranging a fight or a scheduled Zoom meeting. Security step in and the moment passes. Jamie Redknapp arrives decidedly late with a “just leave it”, well after it has already been left by all parties. Perhaps the fan got away from the ground early to beat the traffic, because the promised car-park meeting never materialised.
