Story byDom FarrellFri, January 16, 2026 at 11:56 PM UTC·5 min readRoy Keane feud with Michael Carrick's wife, explained: Ex-captain criticises Man United interim boss, takes cheap shot at spouse originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. Michael Carrick leads Manchester United for the first time since his appointment as head coach until the end of this season when Manchester City visit Old Trafford for Saturday's derby showdown. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementCarrick is assured of the full, vocal backing of the Streford End, with a capacity crowd set to come together as one against a common enemy. Such unity has not always been so easy to spot in the aftermath of Ruben Amorim's January 5 sacking as head coach. A plethora of former United players have had their say on the latest period of tumult for the 20-time English champions, with Gary Neville, Paul Scholes and Nicky Butt from the celebrated Class of '92 among the familiar mouthpieces. But another Old Trafford great has taken his share of the attention with an unusually pointed jibe sent in the former England midfielder's direction. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementMORE:Michael Carrick record as a manager, style of play, new Man United bossRoy Keane feud with Michael Carrick's wife, explainedWhen discussing Carrick's appointment, Keane was derisive in his usual style as a regular guest on the Neville-hosted Stick To Football podcast."His wife can always come in [if Carrick doesn't do well], cause she's got a bit of a big mouth sometimes. She's probably doing the team talk."This unusual and, to be frank, needlessly nasty comment is a callback to 2014, when Keane criticised Carrick's performance a 2-0 Champions League defeat to Olympiacos. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementCarrick's wife Lisa Roughhead posted on : "Roy Keane what a ****, says anything to provoke a reaction."She later deleted the tweet and posted an apology that read: "Deleted my tweet… Emotions got the better of me."Keane's displays of pettiness nurtured over more than a decade was a topic of questioning for Carrick at his first pre-match news conference as United boss."Honestly, it didn't bother me," he said. Michael CarrickGetty Images"They [ex-United pundits] are not putting more pressure on me.