"'Hairy' prefaces my name, 'disgraced' used to...now I think it's time it is just Richard Keys.”

One on one with football's most polarising anchor as he talks regrets, agendas, Qatar, Sky Sports and English arrogance
"'Hairy' prefaces my name, 'disgraced' used to...now I think it's time it is just Richard Keys.”

READY FOR HIS MOMENT: Richard Keys joined beIN Sports in 2011 and the World Cup is now following him to Qatar. 

Like Frank Sinatra, Richard Keys is defiant when he says: “Regrets? I've had a few. But I did it my way.” The former Sky Sports kingpin has almost made as many comebacks as Old Blue Eyes, but retirement is the last thing on his mind as he contemplates the greatest sporting event on Earth taking place in his adopted homeland of Qatar.

It is almost a decade since he and screen partner Andy Gray decamped to the Middle-East following their controversial exit from Sky Sports in 2011. More on that later.

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