Roy Keane has appeared to aim a fresh dig at Bruno Fernandes, posting an Instagram story that read: "Too much attention makes a donkey think he's a lion." The post comes amid an ongoing war of words between the former Manchester United captain and the current playmaker.
Fernandes recently set a new Premier League record for most assists in a single season, with 21, surpassing Kevin De Bruyne and Thierry Henry on 20. Keane had previously criticised Fernandes for prioritising the assist record over the team's performance, calling it a "circus act."
Fernandes responded by accusing Keane of lying about comments he allegedly made. In an interview on the Diary of a CEO podcast, Fernandes said: "What I don't like is when people lie about things... he can't say that I said one thing that I've just not said." He added that he had asked former United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjær for Keane's phone number to clear the air.
Keane had earlier said on The Overlap: "How can your mindset of a footballer be going into a match to be about an individual record? He won't be winning trophies, not with that mindset of the team." Fernandes has won the FA Cup and Carabao Cup during his six years at United, as well as individual honours this season including the Football Writers' Association men's Player of the Year.
