John Terry has deleted a Twitter post in which he criticised Roy Keane for his refusal to take a selfie with a fan at the NFL game in Tottneham Hotspur Stadium over the weekend.
Spurs' ground played host to the New York Giants and the Green Bay Packers as the two sides faced off in what was the second week of NFL action from the English capital.
And for many, the highlight of the weekend's festivities was when the ITV cameras spotted an unamused Roy Keane in the crowd swatting away the attentions of a fan who wanted a selfie.
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Sky's cameras picked out Keane in splendid isolation - until the unassuming fan came his way and appeared to ask for a selfie.
Keane, 51, looked irritated by the request and seemed to tell the fan that he was watching the match.
As the fan left him alone, Keane folded his arms and seemed to give out about the incident.
Luckily it was captured by an ITV camera at the game to the joy of many social media users.
But Chelsea legend Terry did not seem to agree with Keane's zero tolerance approach to the fan, and posted a tweet that appeared to criticise Keane.
He said: "It takes 2 seconds to have a picture with the fans. I think this is poor!"
The tweet was directed to ITV presenter Laura Woods who had initially flagged the video. When Woods responded suggesting that Keane may have simply refused the fan because the game was ongoing, it appeared to change Terry's mind - and the tweet was then deleted.
Keane's fan should probably have heeded prior warnings; the Corkman has previoisly spoken in detail about his hatred of life in the public eye.
He said: “There’s nothing worse than people coming up to you but listen, people can be polite too. However, sticking a phone into your face or following you with a camera is not on.
“If you said no to their request, people would then think you’re rude. I’d be going, ‘I’m the rude one? You’re coming up to me with a phone?’
"There are really good fans – I bumped into a United fan who showed me his tattoo and he just said, ‘alright’ and walked on.
"I was thinking, that’s a proper fan. People who invade your privacy with a phone or jersey, I think they’re just annoying.”
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