Roy Keane expected to keep eye on 'bullsh*****' Keith Andrews following Brentford appointment

Roy Keane's old remarks where he called Keith Andrews a 'b*lls******' have resurfaced following the ex-Ireland international's appointment as Brentford boss and could be in line to be on punditry duty for his first game in charge.

Andrews, who previously acted as set-piece coach for the Bees, has put pen to paper on a three-year deal with the Premier League club as he makes his first venture into management.

However, don't expect Roy Keane to go easy on Andrews whenever Brentford are on Sky Sports, as he previously labeled the new Bees boss a 'b*lls******'.

When the Irish Independent interviewed Keane in 2020, he spoke about his time with Ireland and singled out Andrews for criticism.

"I miss the Irish job, honestly. I really enjoyed that. People like Seamus Coleman, Seamus McDonagh, Steve Guppy. Ah listen, I loved it. If I can make one point about the new Irish staff. I've heard a lot of bulls***ters over the last 10 years, and Keith Andrews is up there with the best of them."

Keane is usually the main pundit whenever Manchester United are on Sky Sports' Super Sunday, and Brentford v Nottingham Forest acting as a curtain raiser for The Red Devils' opening weekend clash against Arsenal, the Cork man could be in the studio to give his take on all things Andrews and Brentford.

Keane served as assistant manager to Martin O'Neill with Ireland between 2013 and 2018, and his old boss also had his say on Andrews getting the job.

"He has been their set-piece coach. The irony is when I was manager of the Republic of Ireland he was a particularly vitriolic critic of mine at the time. He was really dead against me trying to use setpieces to try to win games," O'Neill told TalkSport.

"The irony is he becomes the set-piece coach. Really I say good luck to him. Brentford have decided, if it is the case, that he should get it.

"I hope he does get it because then he will realise what management is all about. It's not as easy to be sitting in a pundit's chair sitting to criticise someone who in all honesty had a much better career than he had.

"He was dealing at the bottom end of it when I was winning the European Cup. That doesn't mean you shouldn't be criticising. Everyone to their own. But it'll be a different ball game now.

"In terms of some of the decisions he has made, I think he has done very well as the set-piece coach. A lot of credit has gone to him for the fast starts Brentford have made in games.

"He is stepping into an unknown. It's all very well when you can be the friend of the players. You can have the set-pieces, you can be the coach sitting there in the room. It's a different ball game when you're making the big decisions."