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Darragh Culhane

Piers Morgan and Gary Lineker clash over Roy Keane punditry

Piers Morgan and Gary Lineker have clashed over Roy Keane's punditry.

Keane has become a mainstay on Sky Sports football coverage and is one of the biggest names in punditry.

The Cork man rarely minces his words when features on Sky Sports and Lineker teased Keane for coming across grumpy.

The March of the Day presenter said on Twitter: "Is it me or does Roy Keane occasionally come over as being a bit grumpy?"

And Piers Morgan was quick to defend the Manchester United legend, saying: "Keane’s the best pundit in the world, for any sport."

And Lineker agreed that he Keane was a brilliant pundit but was not able to commit to saying the former Republic of Ireland captain was the best pundit in the world as he said: "He’s great, of course, and real box office, but I’ve not seen every pundit of every sport in the world, so I’ll have to take your word for it."

An angry Roy Keane speaking on Sky (Sky Sports)

Keane was on duty over the weekend and slammed Harry Kane after Tottenham's loss to Chelsea.

He said: : "I’ve no problem with Tottenham being short of quality, even Kane’s body language today, his performance today Kane, oh my goodness.

"I’m pretty angry watching Spurs there, you talk about football, the second goal the difference between desire and wanting to win a football match we seen that.

"Tottenham players not doing the basics, I’m talking about closing someone down, putting your body on the line, that comes from within, we can criticise maybe the coach and a lot of other stuff but get to the ball, stop the shot, put your body on the line."

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