Roy Keane Talks Pep Guardiola, Jose Mourinho, Arsenal and More

Former Manchester United captain Roy Keane believes it is Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola who deserves to be called “the Special One” rather than Red Devils boss Jose Mourinho.

Mourinho famously gave himself the “Special One” moniker when he first took over at Chelsea in 2004.

But following City’s 4-0 demolition of Borussia Monchengladbach in the UEFA Champions League on Wednesday, four days on from beating United 2-1 in the Manchester derby, Keane said Guardiola is more deserving of the nickname, per ITV (via Alex Terrell in the Sun): “[Mourinho] reckons he’s the Special One, but I think this guy [Guardiola] is.”

City have made a perfect start to the 2016-17 season, winning four on the bounce in the Premier League and three times in the Champions League—twice against Steaua Bucharest in their qualifying play-off.

Per Bleacher Report’s Sam Tighe, City currently look to be one of the top three teams in Europe and showed genuine class in beating United in Guardiola’s first meeting with Mourinho in the Premier League on Saturday:

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Irishman Keane heaped further praise on Guardiola for how quickly he has made an impact on his City side after only taking up the job in the summer, and he credited his ruthlessness in getting rid of high-profile players, per ITV (via MailOnline’s Phil Costa):

I think what was important when he first went in there, the decision to get rid of two or three really important characters from Man City—[Joe] Hart, [Yaya] Toure—he made …

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