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Roy Keane has waded into former Stoke City striker Jon Walters and taken a swipe at current left back Stephen Ward in the process.

Keane, who fell out with several players - including Walters and Ward - towards the end of his tenure as assistant to former Ireland manager Martin O'Neill, was speaking at an event in Dublin last night.

The former Manchester United midfielder poked fun at the fact Walters doesn't have much of a trophy cabinet at home - and even made reference to his heartfelt revelations about losing his mother at an early age.

In what many will find a rather distasteful attack, Keane said: “Jon does a lot of talking, it’s amazing. Harry Arter, he went to Cardiff on loan, got relegated. Wardy can’t get in the Stoke team, at the moment, bottom of the league.

“Imagine if Jon won a trophy. He talks a good game. He goes on the TV, on about how he was harshly treated by me. Not kicking a ball for Burnley for two or three years.

"On TV, crying about his family situation. You know, how about lying low for a while, taking it easy. Have a look at his medals? Wouldn’t take long.

“Ironically two or three years ago when his career was coming to the end, he went on loan, he went to Ipswich on loan. I was laughing my head off.

"When we were beaten by Wales, he didn’t have a good game. Wardy played, didn’t have a good game. They need to go back and watch how bad they were.”

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