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"Did I think about asking for his shirt? No. I’ve never done it. Roy Keane told me when I was at Sunderland that if you ask for someone’s shirt, it looks like you are in awe of them."
Keane, of course, learned a tough lesson on jersey swapping, early in his career, when Germany midfielder Matthaus Sammer snubbed his request. He was never caught out again. With Henderson having such a positive World Cup campaign, in Qatar, there was an ITV feature on the England captain and his journey as a footballer. After, Gary Neville and Ian Wright both praised the midfielder while Keane had some nice words - and a dead-pan gag - for Henderson. [caption id="attachment_167715" align="aligncenter" width="647"]
Harry Kane and Jordan Henderson pictured at the 2018 World Cup. (Photo by Alex Morton/Getty Images)[/caption]
"He's a really humble kid, I've always liked him. In saying that, I met him a few months ago for breakfast and I had to pay for it!"Delivering that line in pure dead-pan style, Keane had the ITV panel, and host Mark Pougatch, in stitches with the line. For those of you not geo-blocked, here is the clip: https://twitter.com/itvfootball/status/1601647770833915904 Keane also joked about his jersey-spinning, bin-jumping celebration after scoring the winner in a pundits and production game, between ITV and BBC. "Huge regrets about jumping the bin," he remarked. Related articles:
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