Manchester United legend Roy Keane has slammed England’s World Cup flops.
Keane also leapt to the defence of under-fire boss Fabio Capello and insisted the 64-year-old Italian should stay in charge.
Ipswich boss Keane said: “To keep criticising and questioning the manager is crazy. He didn’t do anything wrong in the qualifying campaign and now, all of a sudden, he’s not the top man any more. They should just leave him to get on with the job. He is absolutely brilliant and England are lucky to have him.”
Former Manchester United skipper Keane reserved his wrath for Capello’s under-performing stars. He added: “They have to take a long hard look at themselves. They get away with murder. I wasn’t really surprised by the Germany defeat. I keep saying it – good players don’t necessarily make good teams. People keep talking about world class players but who are they? There’s probably only Wayne Rooney, who had a brilliant season. And even though he still hasn’t done it on the world stage he has the best chance.”
The Ipswich boss didn’t hold back in his criticism of England’s players.
Keane said: “Look at the goalkeepers. David James was relegated with Portsmouth and Robert Green just about stayed up with West Ham. Glen Johnson did okay at Liverpool but they had a poor enough season. John Terry? He had his issues and I don’t think he had a great season. Chelsea may have won the Premiership and FA Cup double but that was more down to some world class attacking players. Matthew Upson didn’t have a great season at West Ham and Ashley Cole, to be fair to the boy, has just come back from injury. James Milner had a good season but Gareth Barry was very average for Manchester City. Emile Heskey started the World Cup up front but he only scored three Premiership goals for Aston Villa.”
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