Roy Keane has criticised the partners of England players for wearing shirts featuring their partners' surnames on the back at this summer's World Cup – and he hasn't held back one bit.

Earlier this week, Ashlyn Castro, the girlfriend of England midfielder Jude Bellingham, could be seen wearing a Three Lions shirt with 'Bellingham 10' on the back.

Some of the wives and girlfriends of other players decided against wearing the name and number of their partners, but that didn't stop Roy Keane from delivering a typically no-nonsense rant on the subject.

Speaking on the latest episode of The Overlap, Keane was asked what he'd banish to Room 101, which basically means to get rid of something you don't like.

He didn't hold back. "Oh no, the jerseys... when all the players' wives and families are going to the match and all the wives are in the jerseys with the players' names on the back... wow," he began.

"Children is fine, but the wives and partners wearing their jerseys, with their name on the back, wow."

Ian Wright, who featured on The Overlap episode alongside Gary Neville, disagreed with Keane's point, saying he "didn't mind" the gesture.

However, the former Manchester United midfielder was having none of it.

"You not with me on that? A year later they are separated, most of them," Keane said. "And they're all getting pictures, and they're pointing at a Jimmy or Johnny on the back, wow. We know who you are married to."

Wright and Neville burst into laughter, but Keane wasn't done there.

"Children is fine but the partners is ridiculous," he said. "All sitting in the same family section, I've got my jersey, have you got yours? I'm not having it."

Wright once again defended the decision, saying: "Her husband is playing and she's proud of him and she wants to wear his shirt it seems as simple as that."

Keane, on the other hand, was adamant.

"They only do it at the World Cup, you don't see it at Old Trafford or Anfield every week," he added. "So what's with the World Cup? Imagine a woman going, 'I'm going to put a football jersey on today with my husband's name on the back.'"

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Earlier this month, Alan Shearer revealed that Ian Wright and Micah Richards have both attempted to resolve his long-lasting feud with Roy Keane.

“Me and Keane have never had the best relationship," he said during a Q&A with Dion Dublin in New York.

“I don’t know him. But what I would say, two of my best pals in football, Micah Richards and Ian Wright, both tell me he’s a great guy. I just went head-to-head with him on a pitch. He didn’t like me, and I didn’t like him.

“But I don’t mind that. You’re not meant to like your opponents. You’re meant to go up against each other.”

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Keane is working alongside former Arsenal and England striker Wright for ITV at this summer's World Cup, while Shearer and Richards are both part of the BBC's coverage.

Having previously been asked about the altercation, Keane played down the severity of the issue.

He recalled: "I lost my temper, we were losing 4-3, I think, in the last minute. If you're going to get sent off, the worst thing is, I pushed him. If you're going to get sent off you might as well punch him properly because you're going to get the same punishment.

"You might as well be hung for a sheep as a lamb. That's what I was thinking afterwards. It was just a push. It was ridiculous."