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22nd Dec 2021

Roy Keane ‘shocked’ by Spurs documentary and critical of Harry Kane’s pre-match speeches

Robert Redmond

“I was shocked at what was going on at the club.”

Roy Keane has criticised Tottenham Hotspur and Harry Kane. The Irishman also said he was “shocked” by the Amazon ‘All or Nothing’ documentary series which followed the club in the 2019/20 season.

Keane criticised some of the Spurs players who featured in the fly-on-the-wall documentary. The former Manchester United captain was critical of the team’s lack of “aggression” in the dressing room during scenes.

Roy Keane on Spurs.

“Spurs must be a hard job,” Keane told Micah Richards in their “Driving Home for Christmas” series.

“Imagine the culture at Spurs. Have you seen that documentary?

“When I watched that documentary, and I know it can get edited and all that, I was shocked at what was going on at the club.

“Even the players in the dressing room, the medical room – everyone was on their phones. They showed a couple of players falling out, maybe it was Alli and Dier, but they were arguing like children.

“They were going, ‘Oh you need to do your job’. There was no aggression. They were like actors with no emotion behind it.”

Roy Keane on Harry Kane.

Keane also spoke about Harry Kane’s role in the documentary series. Hugo Lloris is Tottenham’s club captain, but Kane often spoke to the group ahead of matches.

Keane was not impressed by the England captain’s pre-match speeches.

“Harry Kane was doing a talk before the games. Oh my God, Harry, you need to liven up man,” the Sky Sports pundit said.

“First of all, if you’re going to have a speech before every game, players are going to get bored of it. Why (do) you think you need speeches before matches?

“And you know when people were having huddles before the match and there’s like 600 people in it? It loses what it’s about.

“The bus driver was in it, the chef (as well). I’d be like “You, get out of this circle of whatever we’re doing”.’

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