Man Utd icon Roy Keane shares hilariously blunt assessment of Arsenal’s title credentials as fans praise ‘perfect reply’
MANCHESTER UNITED legend Roy Keane delivered a hilariously blunt assessment of Arsenal’s chances of winning the title this season on Sky Sports.
Ahead of Arsenal‘s clash with Manchester United, presenter Dave Jones asked Keane: “Are you convinced by Arsenal’s title credentials Roy?”
To which Keane replied with a blunt: “No. Not really.”
He then expanded on his outlook by saying: “Obviously they’ve strengthened the squad, they were brilliant last season, particularly at the start of the season.
“But we were here towards the end of the last season where they ran out of steam physically and mentally and I still think they’re short.”
He then went on to praise the strength of Manchester City, saying they “really are so good” and claimed the rest of the league are playing “catch up” to reach their level.
Keane then went on to say there were still “huge question marks” surrounding Arsenal’s title challenge this season before laying into Mikel Arteta‘s comments yesterday that he used 43 formations against City and 36 against Fulham.
Keane said: “I didn’t know there were that many formations you could play in football but there you go.
“Sometimes you need to simplify football because they have a lot of good players, they had a lot of good momentum last year but they did come up short.”
After the footage was clipped up and put on social media by Sky Sports, fans were quick to give a response to Keane’s scathing assessment.
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One fan said: “No one is convinced yet. I was convinced last season and the last games were disasters.”
Another Arsenal fan wrote: “What were you hoping to hear from Keane? Yes the team has not been convincing because of the Arteta experiments. Give it time.”
A Manchester United fan agreed with Keane, saying: “I agree, I still don’t think they’ve got enough, especially this season playing two games a week.”
Arsenal’s credentials will be tested in today’s clash with Manchester United with it representing the first time they have faced a top six side this season.