England coach Gareth Southgate has hit out at Roy Keane for trying to 'stay relevant' following the Manchester United legend's brutal criticism of Harry Maguire.
The Irish pundit branded the Red Devils captain as a 'disgrace' for his 'embarrassing' celebration after scoring England's opener against Albania on Friday.
Southgate said: "I think we have to understand that the industry we're in... in order to make a living you need to take different approaches, so you have a choice of which type of approach you're going to take.
"I was always thinking as an ex-player, ex-manager recognising how difficult those things were, so I guess I had empathy [for players].
"It depends what you have to do to stay in work, some channels or forums require headlines, some channels or forums require a certain type of approach so it's different, I understand that.
"To stay relevant in those fields you need to be more quotable and [have your words] used from the live broadcasts for next day's headlines, everyone in those shows knows how it works and it fills a different part of our industry.
"That's where we're at. Personally, as a manager I get it, so be it. But I'm sure for the players they may feel different - they're younger, they may not have experienced those fields [like I have].
"They're probably thinking they were players who surely remember how difficult it was to play [with huge criticism], thinking they didn't like it when they were criticised.
"They feel that a little bit differently to someone my age, so personally I get it, that's the industry. So be it."
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