Its still playing out today

by Mark, Friday, July 10, 2026, 08:12 (12 days ago) @ San Pedro

Keane, now a commentator, spent a couple seasons throwing Erling under the bus. Originally Keane said Erling didnt belong in the premier league and that he was “like a League Two player” essentially throwing a ton of shade at Erling bc he didnt like his style of play (ie just focusing on scoring and not doing anything else for his team).

Erling then dominated and put up ridiculous numbers and Keane had to walk back his comment bc Erling clearly proved he not only is a phenom, but he’s going to also end up (most likely) being one of the permier leagues all time great goal scorers.

I prefer the more physical style of play, and hate flopping, but Keane really comes across as a complete asshat in this incident (w Erling (not the part about Haaland Sr)), but I’ll willingly admit I dont know Keane’s story that well so my opinion of him is pretty shallow at this point.