There’s one thing just a little off a couple of image Luke Humphries shared of him posing with Roy Keane.
And it wasn’t the very fact the Irishman flashed a smile.
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Humphries, the defending world champion in darts, had the honour of being the most recent visitor on The Overlap podcast.
“Had a good time filming for @WeAreTheOverlap at present, with among the greatest footballers to have performed the sport,” Humphries posted on X.
Humphries, a passionate Leeds United fan who was named Luke by his father in a tribute to the membership, added it ‘was an excellent snicker and loved the expertise’.
The darts sensation additionally shared numerous snaps from his day filming the present.
Humphries was pictured with Ian Wright, Jill Scott, Gary Neville, Paul Scholes and Keane.
Though Humphries wore his blue darts shirt, Wright, Scott, Neville, Scholes and Keane all wearing Christmas sweaters for the event.
Scholes and Neville had been decked in out in Manchester United-themed sweaters whereas Scott and Wright wore designs primarily based on earlier golf equipment Manchester Metropolis and Arsenal kits respectively.
As for Keane, he had maybe essentially the most eyebrow-raising outfit of the lot because the Irishman opted for a Tottenham Hotspur sweater.
Given Keane’s 12-year affiliation with Manchester United, the place he gained seven Premier League titles, 4 FA Cups and a Champions League trophy, seeing him in a Tottenham-themed sweater was maybe a shocking sight.
Nevertheless, Keane has beforehand revealed the north London membership is who he helps.
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“I’m a Spurs fan, I performed for Man United however Spurs are my group,” Keane mentioned on the Stick To Soccer podcast in December 2023.
The 67-time Eire worldwide additionally spoke about his assist for Tottenham at an occasion for kids’s most cancers charity Barretstown in 2015.
“Simply because I performed for Manchester United did not imply I used to be a fan of the group,” Keane mentioned.
“After I performed for Rockmount, certainly one of my teammate’s fathers used to deliver me to coaching and he supported Tottenham.
“That is the place it began, I favored their gamers, the likes of Glenn Hoddle and Clive Allen.
“However after I might come again from trial at Nottingham Forest, Spurs supplied me a trial.
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“I turned it down as a result of Forest had been good me, I favored the membership and felt some loyalty to them. I had a comfortable spot for Spurs, and nonetheless do.”
Humphries’ look on The Overlap comes with lower than 4 weeks to go till the 2024/25 World Championship.
The world No. 1 will look to defend his crown however faces stiff resistance from the remainder of the sphere, with Luke Littler getting into the event on the again of his first ranked televised win on the Grand Slam of Darts.
It was Humphries who beat Littler in an enthralling World Championship remaining final January, however the 17-year-old will little question wish to go one higher with the event starting on December 15.