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Alex Smith

Jonathan Walters continues bitter war of words with Man Utd legend Roy Keane

Jonathan Walters has continued his war of words with former Manchester United star Roy Keane.

Ex-midfielder Keane hit out at former Stoke and Burnley striker Walters following a television interview on Ireland's Late Late Show in which he was brought to tears when discussing the death of his mother when he was 11 and his brother last year.

“I know all about him. Bluffer," Keane told  Off The Ball  last week.

“Again, he talks a good game. Then he does the circuit, goes on the TV. How harsh he was treated by me, he's crying on the TV, family situation, he's the only one whose... do me a favour."

Walters originally responded to the comments on BBC Sport's Football Focus at the weekend - where he wondered why people listen to what Keane has to say.

Jonathan Walters has hit back at Roy Keane again (Catherine Ivill)

And the Irishman has double down on his anger by suggesting that Keane is a bully and isn't a tough guy off the pitch.

"I was never scared as a player. When you get bullies I always try to do the right thing and stick up to it," Walters told JOE.

"When I get asked something I just tell the truth. So that has got to him a little bit and he's had a little nibble back.

Walters suggested Roy Keane is a bully (Action Images via Reuters)

"I really don't know why people pay attention, why they get that worried off Roy.

Because, yes he was a good player, an unbelievable player, known as a hard man on the pitch, but there is a difference between being a hard man on the pitch and being a tough guy.

Just because someone has a sharp tongue or a stare, it doesn't make them a tough guy."

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