Jon Walters slams Roy Keane and explains why he's the only player to 'get one over' the Man Utd legend

Former Premier League striker Jon Walters says he was the only player to ever 'get one over' Roy Keane as he opened up about his bitter relationship with the Manchester United legend.

Walters enjoyed a spell in England's top flight with Stoke City, scoring 43 league goals during his time at the club.

He joined the Potters from Ipswich Town, where he played under Keane, who also managed the player at Ireland when he was assistant manager.

Walters was one of Keane's main players at Ipswich and captained the side before leaving in 2010.

His departure sparked a row with the former Man United skipper, who slammed the nature of his Portman Road exit in 2019.

The pundit claimed Walters 'demanded to leave Ipswich' and mocked his resume, adding: "Imagine if he'd won a trophy."

Walters has now hit back at the 52-year-old, claiming he was the only player to have got one over him.

"I left Ipswich, and I was captain at the time, and I think it goes back to that," he explained on talkSPORT. "I got on with him well, not best of buddies, but got on well, I left and we had a well documented fall out.

"That clip was a bit low, it was on the back of me doing an emotional interview and he commented on a few things.

"So when I go into detail on what happened, and when people make things up, just make sure there’s no evidence to the contrary, that’s all I’ll say."

Jon Walters and Roy Keane during an Ireland training session. Image: Getty

Asked why he thinks Keane has an issue with him, Walters replied: "I don’t think anyone has ever got one over on Roy Keane as a player, as a teammate or as a player under him.

"I think that’s the only time that’s happened to him, when I was at Ipswich and he’s tried to make out I didn’t, and that’s what you shouldn’t lie about, the truth will always come out.

"When the time’s right the truth will come out. At some point I might go through my career and do a book and it will be a story that no one knows anything about, it will be a story that no other player has gone through, I can guarantee that. I will respond at some point.

"After I left Ipswich we were fine with Ireland until he brought everything up again.

"The Irish stuff was ridiculous, he was the assistant manager of a national team, you’re preparing for a game in France, and that was wrong.

"He came back with that because I’m the only player who ever got one over on him, not just once but twice, and he knows it, and that’s probably what annoys him."

Topics: Manchester United, Roy Keane, Football

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