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Trevor Sinclair claims 'sour grapes' Roy Keane only criticised Jack Grealish for not taking a penalty in England's Euro 2020 final with Italy as he quit the Ireland national team for the Three Lions.
Grealish was not one of the five penalty takers who stepped up at Wembley in the penalty shootout loss to the Azzurri, with Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka all failing to score as Gareth Southgate's side slumped to defeat.
Keane called out Grealish and Raheem Sterling for not stepping forward before 19-year-old Saka, who had never taken a penalty in his senior career before, but Sinclair believes there is a personal reason why the ex-Ireland captain does not like the 25-year-old.
Trevor Sinclair believes Roy Keane (left) does not like Jack Grealish (right) because the latter quit Ireland for England
Grealish played youth football for Ireland but pledged his allegiance to England in 2015
Sinclair told talkSPORT: 'As we all know, Roy Keane has got an opinion. But you can't just accept that knowing it's not the truth.
'Roy Keane's not privileged, we are not privileged at talkSPORT to know what was going on in those meetings when we're talking about penalties.
'I believe Jack. I don't think he's a shrinking violet. He's a player who steps up to the plate. When you want to make a name for yourself, that's when you step up.
