Roy Keane has dismissed Portugal ’s chances of winning Euro 2024 and believes England , France and Germany are the tournament’s three favourites. Germany kicked off Euro 2024 in impressive fashion on Friday evening as they ran out 5-1 winners over Scotland . England begin their Group C campaign against Serbia on Sunday evening , while France play Austria in their Group D opener on Monday night.
Keane also feels Spain will ‘come up short’ in the latter stages of the tournament. When asked about Portugal’s chances, Keane told ITV: ‘I don’t fancy them. ‘They’ve got obviously brilliant, talented attacking players.
‘But again I go back defensively, I’ve got France, England and Germany ahead of them.’ Speaking about 41-year-old Portugal defender Pepe, who is playing in his ninth major tournament for his national side, Keane said: ‘He’s still playing, fair play to him, an amazing player and an amazing career. ‘But I think he’ll get caught out.
’ Asked about Spain’s chances, Keane replied: ‘We know the qualities they have, again you always worry about that, they’ve got some brilliant, young talented players. ‘Again, you think Spain will be in the mix but you just think they’ll come up short.’ However, former Scotland and Liverpool midfielder Graeme Souness insists Portugal are one of Euro 2024’s ‘dark horses’ alongside the Netherlands.
‘England, France, I come back to tonight’s game, I’m not sure how good Germany are because we.
