Roy Keane has re-lit his feud with the Haaland family after his latest jibe at Erling Haaland’s father, Alf-Inge.

The history between the former Ireland captain and Alf-Inge Haaland is well documented, famously revealed in Roy Keane’s first autobiography, where Keane outlined how he tackled Haaland, knee-high, in 2001 out of revenge for a previous exchange back in 1997.

And now, over 25 years later, there’s still no love lost between the pair as Keane threw a jibe at Alf-Inge Haaland after his social media outburst in the aftermath of Norway’s defeat to England in the World Cup quarter-final.

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Alf-Inge Haaland. Pic: Eva Marie Uzcategui – FIFA/FIFA via Getty Images

Haaland said that his country were ‘robbed’ after Jude Bellingham’s second goal in extra-time was enough for England to reach their second semi-final in three World Cups, teeing up a hostile tie with Argentina.

Haaland was also seen by the television cameras claiming Djed Spence dived after VAR ruled out a penalty Spence won for England. Then, replying to a Fabrizio Romano post on X, Haaland commented, ‘Well done Bellingham and referee.’

That led to Roy Keane and the crew on Stick to Football talking about Haaland’s outburst, to which Keane didn’t hold back.

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Roy Keane. Pic: Alex Pantling/Getty Images

‘Would he remember the game?’ Keane asked. ‘Because obviously he has been drinking alcohol at the matches, the dad, I’m saying.’

He added: ‘He’s having a drink: you’re seeing the game differently.’

Roy Keane then explained how he felt the referee and VAR decisions weren’t the killing of Norway’s World Cup hopes. ‘Listen, I’ll always be trying to go the other way a little bit, if it’s 50-50, but the push is a push and then he heads it, so there you go.

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Alf-Inge Haaland. Pic: Richard Sellers/Sportsphoto/Allstar via Getty Images

‘Families and fans after games, we saw the interviews with the England manager, [Jude] Bellingham, family members, they’re all a bit emotional so you try and give them the benefit of the doubt.

‘But when people wake up tomorrow morning, you won’t be sitting there going: ‘The referee’s cost us.’ You can’t. You can argue a couple of decisions but you can’t say: “He’s cost us.” No.’

Alf-Inge Haaland didn’t let Keane say that quietly, as he commented on social media about Keane: ‘Once a p**** always a p****.’