Gary Breen dropped into OTB AM where he discussed the return of the Premier League and Roy Keane's performance on Sky Sports.
Keane's comments on the performances of David De Gea and Harry Maguire in particular generated headlines, but Breen says that's nothing new.
"He makes headlines every time he speaks," says Breen. "He's a headline-grabber, he's box office. He could tell us the weather and it would be a headline."
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Breen on Roy Keane
Breen was asked if Keane was correct in his assessment of De Gea and Maguire, and believes Keane's delivery meant his point may have been missed.
"Yeah, in terms of the mistakes they (Maguire and De Gea) made," says Breen, "but I don't think it's right to be saying you are going start swinging punches. People watching football now, it's an inclusive sport, I don't know about that [comment].
"At times Roy is very clever, he knows how people buy into what he is like as a pundit. I didn't think he was putting it on. I can genuinely tell you now by the look in his eyes, that was sheer anger.
"He was furious with those players, you could tell. I think that sometimes there's a bit of a wry smile, a giggle after these big comments that he makes. There was none of that there, he was seething.
"You could see it as soon as Kelly [Cates] went to him to ask the question, you could just see he was bulling already.
"Patrice [Evra] was just laughing, but you don't need Roy to come out with massive statements like that to tell us De Gea has been poor.
"The worry for United people, bearing in mind he's been their saviour for three or four seasons, is this run of poor form is really dragging on now.
"It's been well over a season now where he's been making these kinds of mistakes."
