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Keane jibes 'don't bother' Carrick

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MICHAEL CARRICK swatted away Roy Keane's dig at his wife - and claimed criticism from ex-Manchester United players won't bother him.

Former Old Trafford captain Keane reignited an old feud when he said this week that Carrick's wife, Lisa, had a “bit of a big mouth”.

He appeared to be referring to a now-deleted profane social media post she made 12 years ago about Keane after he had criticised Carrick's performance in a Champions League game.

The Irishman is among an army of former United players now talking about the club in their roles as media pundits.

But as he prepared for today's Manchester derby as interim manager, Carrick shrugged off the barb and said: “It didn't bother me.

“They're not putting more pressure on me, I don’t feel that. I understand the role, there’s plenty of opinions around, some are positive, some aren't so much.

“It's totally irrelevant in terms of how I go to work and what I focus on. I know already what we want to improve on and how we want to work with the players and I've already said about improving things.