Former Manchester United captain Roy Keane will be one of the pundits on duty for the FA Cup fifth round clash between Aston Villa and Cardiff City on Friday night as Unai Emery’s side look to make it to the next round of the competition.
Villa host the Championship side at Villa Park in the 8pm kick-off. The game will be shown live on ITV1 and ITVX.
Keane will be part of the punditry line-up alongside Ian Wright, with regular presenter Mark Pougatch. It will see Keane commenting on Villa, a club where he spent five months as a coach in 2021.
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The former midfielder joined Paul Lambert at Villa Park, while also working in a similar role with the Republic of Ireland. He has previously given an honest explanation as to why he left the club.
"The one reason I went to Villa was because it was a Premier League job. I was coaching with Ireland so I wanted to keep learning," he told " target="_blank" class="link c2"> Gary Neville's podcast The Overlap, posted in 2021. "But I didn’t like the group of players.
"I kept my guard up a little bit because I thought I’m not losing it with players. Every club will have one or two, but I thought Villa had six or seven lads who I couldn’t take.
"Some of it was behaviour; attitude to training, late for training. When I left I just wanted to focus on Ireland. I was thinking, is it me? The players I’ve fallen out with, I follow their careers really closely in case maybe I got it wrong.
"They do nothing. Same with a couple of lads I fell out with - with Ireland, they do nothing in their careers. Not that I fell out with anyone at Villa, I just couldn’t be bothered with them."
Keane left Villa in November 2014, but remained as assistant manager of Ireland until November 2018. His only other coaching role since then came in a six-month spell as assistant manager with Nottingham Forest between January and June 2019.
