Roy Keane has been hailed as if he is Nelson Mandela… yet there he is, at the World Cup in Qatar
ITV pundits Roy Keane and Graeme Souness at Lusail Stadium in Qatar. Photo: Simon Stacpoole/Offside
Joe Brolly
Live soccer is hard enough to watch at the best of times. But sober? And playing it in stadiums built on the corpses of slave labour?
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