Roy Keane leaves Gary Neville in stitches with brutal Man Utd jibe to Luke Littler

Roy Keane was not afraid to poke fun at while chatting with . has been during the ongoing struggles experienced by – and his expertise and dry sense of humour make him perfectly placed to crack jokes.

United are 13th in the heading into the Manchester Derby against rivals City this weekend. Amorim’s side have won just 10 of their 30 league matches and the Portuguese head coach he inherited from Erik ten Hag.

He has been clear that it will take a long time – and lots of patience – to turn the team into one that can once again challenge for the Premier League title. And while that’s evidently true, it hasn’t stopped the sniping from Keane while on punditry duty.

The former United captain was in a more jovial setting on , where the usual gang were joined by darts sensation, and United fan, Littler. During their chat, Keane asked: “Do you go to United games? Prawn sandwiches? You get looked after…”

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Littler replied: “Yeah, not seen us win yet though.” then added: “You’ve not seen us win yet?!” to which Littler confirmed, “No”. Keane then immediately shot across the table dead-pan: “He’s only been 20 times!”

Neville burst out laughing, before Littler continued. “I went to the game last year where we drew 2-2 and this year against , where I went on the pitch at half-time.” The 18-year-old at Old Trafford in January, but United lost that game 3-1 to Brighton.

Littler said his favourite United player growing up was and his current favourite is skipper . “Since he’s joined, there’s not a No.8 better,” he said confidently, before being met by another joke from Keane.

He quipped: “As a player, yeah, but as a captain…” prompting more laughter from around the table. Keane has become well-known for his criticism of Fernandes’ leadership this season, with the midfielder .

"I've said it before, I have huge respect for . I think he was one of the best captains the club has had, an amazing player for the club, won basically everything for this club,” he said last month.

"It's the way he thinks, it's the idea he has about me as a player, as a captain, and I have to respect that. Obviously I do the things in my own way to try to be the best – not captain, but person and team-mate – as I can.

"I do it every day, I try to be an example in everything I do in the training sessions, on the pitch, in everything I do, but not everyone will like [that], not everyone will think in the same way, and I respect every opinion of everyone.”

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