THE FAI promptly deleted their happy birthday tweet to former captain and assistant manager Roy Keane after fans were quick to make jibes at the post.
Cork native Keane celebrated his 51st birthday yesterday and the FAI, who Keane has had a turbulent relationship with in the past, was among the well-wishers.
Initially, the FAI Twitter account posted a picture of Keane looking quite dour, alongside the caption: “Happy Birthday Roy Keane.”
The tweet was quickly deleted as fans compared it to an ‘obituary picture’ and replaced it with a slightly more upbeat picture of Keane during his playing days with the Boys in Green.
However, they were not fast enough for eagle-eyed users, who were quick to poke fun at the swap.
One fan who spotted the initial tweet said: “We saw the first one admin.”
Another added a screenshot of the first post and commented: “He looked happier here.”
Keane doesn’t seem like the person to be overly fussed with birthday celebrations anyway, and one user channelled the great man himself by saying: “Celebrations a bit over the top but good luck to him.”
In defence of the admin, and to quote Keane himself – ‘that’s his job.’
It is highly unlikely that Keane saw the updated tweet, let alone the initial dour version, as the Sky Sports pundit has never graced Twitter with his presence.
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Keane was a regular user of Instagram, which he set up over lockdown in February 2021.
He quickly amassed over 2.1 million followers on the platform for his characteristically deadpan posts.
However, without warning, the Mayfield man deleted the account and he recently revealed the reason why.
He told Off the Ball: “I did it just for a bit of fun with Covid and my youngest daughter was insistent I did it but we did it for a little bit of fun but we’ve moved on. A bit of closure on it.”
Keane went on to say that he regularly returns with Ireland, with the 51-year-old spotted at Cork GAA and Cork City soccer matches throughout the summer.
He said: “I definitely get back every three weeks for a few days.
Keane concluded: “There’s always reasons to get back and I’m very lucky with the work I’ve got a bit of freedom and I can kind of duck and dive and get back to Ireland whenever I please which is quite regular.”
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
