Roy Keane found himself in an amusingly ironic situation when his phone unexpectedly rang during a recent episode of “Stick to Football,” much to the delight of his fellow hosts.

The former Manchester United captain, known for once berating a journalist over a similar incident during a press conference, inadvertently interrupted guest Ashley Cole mid-sentence.

As the former Chelsea defender was speaking, Keane’s phone rang, prompting laughter throughout the studio. Visibly embarrassed, Keane shook his head and exclaimed, “I’m raging with that. That breaks me. My phone’s always on silent!”

Recalling a memorable moment from the past, the 54-year-old mentioned a press conference during his time as Ipswich Town manager when he sternly advised a journalist to “turn his phone off.” He added, “I did an Ipswich game last year for Sky, and the guy whose phone was ringing came over and apologized to me.”

Recalling the famous press conference when he urged a journalist to ‘turn his phone off’ while he was Ipswich Town manager, the 54-year-old added: ‘I did an Ipswich game last year for Sky and the guy whose phone was ringing came over and apologised to me. 

Roy Keane was left ‘raging’ after his phone went off during the latest episode of Stick to Football, much to the amusement of his co-hosts

‘I asked him, “why didn’t you switch it off all those years ago?”, he came back and said, “I was nervous, I didn’t know what to do.” But yeah, he apologised.’ 

Keane’s phone-related blunder comes just days after he was sensationally tipped for the Man United job by his former team-mates Nicky Butt and Paul Scholes. 

Speaking on his The Good, The Bad and The Football podcast with comedian Paddy McGuinness, Butt admitted he ‘can’t fathom’ the fact that United have never reached out to Keane about the possibility of taking over the club, even on an interim basis. 

The Red Devils have employed an array of managers since the great Sir Alex Ferguson’s departure with David Moyes, Jose Mourinho and Louis van Gaal amongst the bosses who have tried and failed to bring success back to Old Trafford.

Yet for Butt, the man who could turn United’s fortunes around might be right on the club’s doorstep. 

‘Do you know what I can’t get my head around,’ the former England midfielder began. ‘Why Roy Keane has never got a chance at Man United. 

‘I know he’s a mate, so it’s a bit biased, but if you look at his personality and his playing career there, his character, and what he did in his managerial career – he did unbelievably for Sunderland. 

‘If you look at all the troubles they’ve had, and he still lives locally, I can’t for the life of me fathom how nobody has sat down with him and had a conversation and said, “would you be interested in the job?”

Keane famously snapped at a reporter who failed to turn his phone off during a press conference back in his Ipswich Town days

‘Even as an assistant. You look what he did with Martin O’Neil, you could’ve given David Moyes a Roy. I just think when it’s been going bad, if they’d got Roy in, Roy is a very astute person, he’s a very clever bloke. He’d then go and get a really good coach in to do the stuff that he might think he’s not the best at, because I think Roy is very much a Sir Alex Ferguson manager.

‘He’s a manager, he manages people. He comes alive on match days. He tells people what to do, he looks at it. He’d go and get some, whatever his flaws, he’s not too big to think, well I need this and I need that and I’ll go and get it.’ 

Keane has been out of management since leaving his role as an assistant coach of the Republic of Ireland national team in November 2018. 

Before that he’d enjoyed stints as head coach of Ipswich Town and Sunderland, who he helped to the Premier League in 2007.