Roy Keane is one of the most recognisable faces in English football, while with that comes fame, so too does trouble - something Roy Keane is no stranger to.
Just three weeks ago, the former Manchester United captain set off a media frenzy when videos emerged of Keane and Ipswich Town fans getting involved in a heated altercation on the sideline.
The footballer-turned-pundit had been on duty for Sky Sports, analysing Rueben Amorim's first Premier League in charge of Manchester United, who were playing Ipswich away.
However, when Keane and his punditry colleagues went pitch side to conduct their post-match analysis, the Manchester United legend came in for abuse from a cohort of Tractor Boys fans who were still harbouring resentment from Keane's time in charge of the club.
Having taken umbrage to what was said, Keane confronted the fans with the now-infamous incident ending with Keane inviting a fan out to the 'car park' - a comment many perceived to be Keane offering the fan out.
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Roy Keane clarifies his side of what happened at Ipswich Town
However, Keane has now clarified his side of the story, revealing that he was neither angry nor trying to instigate a car park fight with the fan but rather inviting him for a discussion.
Speaking on Stick To Football, Keane insisted that he wasn't angry, telling his fellow pundits that he confronted the fan twice over his behaviour in front of kids and while Keane was working, claiming the car park was the only viable place to meet the fan after the match.
Don't laugh. I wasn't angry. I was calm, I went over to the guy twice and what happens obviously when we're doing matches, they send us down after the game when fans can be up, or down, whatever, emotional and people think they can abuse you whatever. It seems we're supposed to be able to accept that.
I went over to him twice and I said, 'no problem if you want to abuse me or you want a discussion with me, but I'm working'. I went over to him twice at different stages and obviously he's swearing in front of kids, I said 'if you wanna see me afterwards' and people thought I was asking him out, I said 'I'll see you in the car park'. Where else was I going to see him?, where else could I see him Nev?
Much to the disbelief of everyone in attendance, Roy Keane went to painstaking lengths to reiterate that he was far from angry, but 'calm' and 'cool', telling Ian Wright that he was too old to be fighting fans.
It was to have a chat, I'm not offering somebody out I'm 53 years of age with five kids and two grandkids, I'm not getting in a fight, and he wasn't there!
I was calm, honestly that's not me getting angry. There was other idiots in the car park, there was other people hanging around but I don't get it, and then obviously the angle people will have is that I was asking people out for a fight. Bizarrely I had that last year as well at Arsenal but thank god a judge could see through the nonsense and see I was assaulted. Honestly I wasn't angry last weekend, I was just saying I'll see you later. I was cool, you don't believe me do you?
You can watch the clip from about 48 minutes below:
Ironically, by the end of the segment, Keane was the one dishing out advice on how to stay calm, telling Ian Wright that he needed to relax.
Keane previously managed Ipswich Town, but departed in 2011 after a poor run of form that left Tractor Boys fans outraged. However, evidently, much resentment about the Irishman's time in charge of the club still remains, with Keane's return to Portman Road going far from smoothly.
While last month's incident might have ended relatively peacefully, this is far from the first time Keane has been on the receiving end of abuse from fans. In May of this year, an Arsenal fan was handed a three-year ban from the sport and community service for headbutting Keane after a game he'd been working at.
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