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Robert Hynes

Roy Keane leaves everyone in stitches with Valentine's Day Instagram post

Roy Keane shocked many when he joined Instagram on Friday, but he seems to be enjoying himself so far on social media.

To celebrate Valentine's Day, the Manchester United legend shared a picture of himself when playing for Nottingham Forest against West Ham a number of years ago.

He commented on it: "Don’t forget to show some love today."

The post attracted thousands of comments from all around the world.

One user said: "Man started the account yesterday and now he owns the app."

Another posted: "A Roy Keane kind of Valentines Day pic that."

Someone else commented: "This is what you came for Roy. Love it!"

One other comment read: "Already my favourite account."

Keane already has close to one million followers, despite just setting up the account two days ago.

Paul McGrath, Ian Wright and Andy Cole were among the former footballers to welcome Keane to Instagram.

McGrath said: "Welcome to the madness pal."

Manchester United commented: "This is going to be good."

Ian Wright posted four love heart emojis, while Andy Cole posted: "Love it skip."

Sky Sports presenter David Jones added: "Welcome ... this could be interesting."

Keane setting up the account comes just a week after he was left disgusted by a viral video of his likeness from the FIFA video game.

Co-pundit Micah Richards showed Keane a video of his digital self busting out some celebratory moves in the popular football title - and had to dub his own audio over the clip to mute the X-rated reaction.

Graeme Souness was even left giggling at the hilarious clip from Sky's Super Sunday coverage.

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