{"id":254118,"date":"2026-01-20T10:54:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T10:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/254118\/"},"modified":"2026-01-20T10:54:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T10:54:09","slug":"from-roy-keanes-personal-jibe-to-gary-nevilles-control-when-ex-players-become-a-problem-at-manchester-united","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/254118\/","title":{"rendered":"From Roy Keane\u2019s personal jibe to Gary Neville\u2019s control: When ex-players become a problem at Manchester United"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Manchester United's interim manager Michael Carrick. Photo: Martin Rickett\/PA\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/SOCCER M (131).jpg\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_caption1 indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_secondary indo-66f0fec7_regular indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop3 indo-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">Manchester United&#8217;s interim manager Michael Carrick. Photo: Martin Rickett\/PA<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Granted, the competition isn\u2019t hectic. But whichever Manchester United official declined the request from Sky Sports for Michael Carrick to conduct his pre-derby interview directly with their matchday studio, as reported by the Daily Mail, must now be short odds for employee of the month.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Imagine that deeply awkward three minutes or so of TV. Carrick, hair freshly gelled, club blazer over a dark T-shirt. Smart, yes, but cool also. A look that says, \u2018yes, I am of Tyneside and Manchester United, but I could also just as easily be Xabi Alonso\u2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manchester United&#8217;s interim manager Michael Carrick. Photo: Martin Rickett\/PA Granted, the competition isn\u2019t hectic. But whichever Manchester United&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":254119,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[7277,61,60,917,112],"class_list":{"0":"post-254118","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-conor-mckeon","9":"tag-ie","10":"tag-ireland","11":"tag-manchester-united","12":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=254118"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254118\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/254119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=254118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=254118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=254118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}