Paul Scholes reckons listening to Martin Keown commentating on Arsenal looks like you’ve got switched on a channel run by the club.
It’s clearly nothing recent that players commentate on their former clubs, with the likes of Gary Neville and Jamie Carragher commonly involved in Manchester United and Liverpool games on Sky Sports.
Keown was in the identical situation as he co-commentated on Arsenal’s trip to tackle Aston Villa within the Premier League on Saturday.
Things didn’t go well for the Gunners, with Villa securing a dramatic late 2-1 win at Villa Park to boost the title race.
Scholes didn’t sound like he was loving Keown’s work throughout the match on TNT Sports, suggesting he was a touch too biased towards Arsenal.
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The Manchester United legend said Keown reminded him of former Red Devils star Paddy Crerand commentating on MUTV.
Posting on Instagram, Scholes wrote: ‘Listening to Keown on TNT is like listening to Paddy Crerand on MUTV.’
Crerand is a Manchester United icon after playing over 300 games for the club within the Nineteen Sixties and ’70s.
The Scot won two First Division titles, the European Cup and the FA Cup with the Red Devils with the club.
Unsurprisingly, when he went into co-commentary and punditry on the club’s own TV channel, MUTV, he was greater than a little bit biased towards the fortunes of the Red Devils.
Keown not only managed to draw the eye of Scholes, but in addition a really famous Aston Villa fan in the shape of Prince William.
Martin Odegaard was given the Man of the Match award by Keown before Emiliano Buendia scored a late winner and the Prince of Wales was not blissful about it.
Posting from the Kensington Royal X account, he wrote: ‘Surely Emi Buendia for man of the match @footballontnt?! An incredible game! UTV!’
It was put to the previous England defender that he had ruffled some royal feathers, to which he responded: ‘I’m really sorry that I’ve upset royalty, but I actually gave it out – can you think it – within the 89th minute. I used to be a bit early.
‘We will unofficially do it [give Buendia Man of the Match]. I don’t need to be court-martialled!’
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