Roy Keane took another swipe at Phil Foden after the Manchester City star was dropped for England match against Latvia.
Foden was criticised by both his international manager, Thomas Tuchel, and ITV pundit Keane for his display on the right wing against Albania at Wembley on Friday.
Tuchel said Foden — and Marcus Rashford on the opposite flank — 'were not as impactful' as they normally can be' during the 2-0 victory.
Keane, as is his wont, took things further in his post-match analysis. When asked if Foden might be more comfortable in the No 10 position, for former Man United captain said: 'Listen, Foden won’t have that problem coming up about where he will be playing, because he won’t be playing [at all].'
He added: 'I think he might be lacking in confidence. He’s definitely off it. His club form isn’t great, but we know he’s got that quality. Usually when Foden is at his best you’re sitting there thinking ‘something is going to happen’, but I wasn’t thinking that tonight.'
And, after Foden was omitted from Tuchel's team against Latvia, Keane was invited back to the subject of Foden's international form. He was also asked about Chelsea forward Cole Palmer's recent dip in form.
On the pair, Keane said: 'The challenge playing international football is you have to come away from what you do at your club.'
Keane's comments were in direct contrast to his praise of Jude Bellingham. The Real Madrid star was England's best player against Albania and provided the opening goal with a pinpoint pass through to Lewis Myles-Skelly.
Keane singled out Bellingham as someone who could replicate his club form for his country and suggested that Foden and Palmer could learn from his swagger.
'We saw with his pass for the goal,' Keane told ITV.
'With Madrid, he is a brilliant player, done it on the big occasion. A big character, not cocky but confident, he has great belief and everything goes through him.'
Fellow ITV pundit Ian Wright agreed with Keane's assessment and added: 'He had a lot of belief.
'Albania drop deep and he is the one who creatively did a turn for Lewis-Skelly. He is a game changer and can grab the game by the scruff of the neck.'
Zuybeilmty
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useless u stupid doh
ngc3bo
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You bandwagon City from a disgusting 3rd world shit hole and think your opinions matter [Crylaugh]
😂😂😂
Litelntz
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Useless overrated player who can’t survive out of his daddy Pep’s system
hmmmm and what's trashford
Litelntz
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lay off foden now if foden starts and the team won foden not playing good...if foden comes off the bench and the team still won foden is the problem....I know everyone got their fav but even with fiden not playing well the team is winning.....so yall need to lay off the young man now kmt
darrenham
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the problem lie with Kane his movement affects opposition tactics...kane like to drop deep which give foden lesser space to bring out his creativity. look at the 90s...lineker always stays in the penalty box to wait Gazza and Peter Beardsley to create scoring chance for him...Alan Shearer as well...Rooney style as a centre forward is quite similar like Kane..that why 2000s playmaker like lampard and Gerrard didn't play well in the National team....kane needs to remain in the penalty box to free up middle field space for creative players like foden and grealish
23509002(deleted)
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Only Nation that is constantly talked about during qualifiers but when the real show begins. None of these so called superstars perform
You bandwagon City from a disgusting 3rd world shit hole and think your opinions matter [Crylaugh]
23509002(deleted)
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Useless overrated player who can’t survive out of his daddy Pep’s system
ngc3bo
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Only Nation that is constantly talked about during qualifiers but when the real show begins. None of these so called superstars perform