Roy Keane takes down Belgian journalist for claiming Ireland are favourites

Ah, Roy. Never a dull moment.

With 48 hours to go until Ireland's Euro 2016 clash against Belgium thing are heating up nicely. Ireland's performance in the 1-1 draw with Sweden on Monday, coupled with Belgium's turgid display in their 2-0 defeat by Italy, has caused optimism to rise among Irish fans ahead of the clash with the No 2 ranked side in the world. Roy Keane was speaking in Versailles on Thursday afternoon and the assistant manager was quick to shut down the suggestion that Ireland may even be favourites for Saturday's game. In fact he went further than that, suggesting a Belgium journalist may have had a few scoops for having the temerity to suggest that Ireland may even be favourites. https://twitter.com/me_stafford/status/743397341584056320 Keane also revealed that he doesn't have much sympathy for Belgium's coach Marc Wilmots, who is bearing the brunt of the criticism for their weak showing on Monday night. https://twitter.com/me_stafford/status/743397150676123648 Keane also shot down comparisons between Ireland and Italy. And then in typically contradictory Keane fashion refused to say that Belgian aren't a 'great side' but also said that there are not a lot of great sides out there, a statement most would agree with having watched the tournament so far. https://twitter.com/me_stafford/status/743393566932762624 https://twitter.com/me_stafford/status/743396218374590464 All in all we're heading for another seismic occasion on Saturday afternoon. Just don't claim Ireland are favourites.