Roy Keane slammed for comments over Harry Kane & OneLove armband by Danny Murphy

Roy Keane has been slammed for his comments over England captain Harry Kane and the OneLove armband debate by Danny Murphy.

Keane believes Kane made a ‘big mistake’ by not wearing the OneLove armband for England’s World Cup opener against Iran on Monday.

Just hours before England’s 6-2 win over Iran, the Football Association confirmed that Kane would not wear the armband, which he had planned to do to show support to the LGBTQ+ community, with homosexuality illegal in Qatar.

The FA admitted that the prospect of Kane receiving a yellow card and a potential ban for wearing the armband was one of the key reasons behind the decision.

England’s U-turn was also due to the threat of ‘massive sanctions’ and ‘extreme blackmail’, according to the German Football Association.

But former Manchester United captain Keane feels it would have been a ‘great statement’ if Kane defied FIFA.

‘I think the players could have done it for the first game and took the punishment, whatever that might be,’ Keane told ITV.

‘He’s forgetting that, as a player, Roy Keane’s priority was winning football matches and to win football matches you need your best players on the pitch.

‘If you were to get booked at kick-off and then get booked by an overzealous referee, which we’ve seen a bit of at the tournament already, although most of them have been good, it would only take a misunderstanding of Kane going down too easily and all of a sudden you’re down to ten men.

‘I didn’t think his comments were thought through. England are there to win football matches, so why give yourself a disadvantage before you’ve even kicked a ball?’

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