Roy Keane says Robbie Keane should play unless he’s breastfeeding!

Hew father Robbie Keane (left) with his namesake Roy.

First we had former Manchester United star and current Republic of Ireland assistant Roy troll LA Galaxy’s Robbie (no relation).

However, skipper Robbie Keane insists a black night for Irish football will not be on his mind this time.

Chief Sports Writer with The Irish Sun, Neil O’Riordan, tweeted Keane’s response. “Whoever is playing, it is something we have to think about”.

“If Shane starts I’m sure he’ll give us a lot”, said Keane. We still don’t know what the situation with Séamus is but I think that if Meyler was looking to start it would be more likely to be in midfield.

Keane said: “No, certainly not”.

Beckham wanted Keane to play, but the former United captain had to turn the offer down because he is busy that week due to his commitments with the Republic of Ireland. “Like you’d expect with any campaign, teams improve”, he added.

Wes Hoolahan jinks his way through the Leicester defence on Saturday.

It all sounds good fun and the proceeds from the game are going to charity as well so it’s unlikely that any players will turn down the offer to walk out at Old Trafford. “I can only talk about him as a player: he was absolutely fantastic and to have that amount of goals for your country in that amount of games is absolutely incredible”.

Referring to that drubbing Keane commented: “We have a squad of players here now that are quite capable of getting something against the Germans”. We will be ready.

Cyrus Christie, who could yet deputise for the hamstring victim Coleman, did train at Abbotstown on Tuesday morning but the management team will keep their collective fingers crossed as they await news on their walking wounded.

The Republic of Ireland faces two must-win matches this worldwide period as they look to qualify for Euro 2016.