Roy Keane has said he left the 2022 World Cup in Qatar early after becoming frustrated with fellow TV pundits. According to reports, the Manchester United legend, who has worked as an ITV pundit for the tournament coverage, described an earlier incident in which he flew home before the tournament resumed because he felt other pundits were “getting on my nerves.” In the account, Keane says the situation reached a point where he needed to step away briefly from the coverage rather than continue in the same format with the same on-air group. The reports present Keane’s explanation as personal and related to the working environment of punditry during the event, rather than to any sporting or tournament-related decision. Both outlets frame the remarks as a retrospective comment about his experience in Qatar in 2022, emphasizing that he took a short break from his media duties after the issue arose with other analysts.