Former Burnley striker Jon Walters has hit back at criticism from Roy Keane, claiming that he doesn't know why people listen to the ex-Manchester United midfielder.

Keane criticised Walters following a television interview on Ireland's Late Late Show in which he was brought to tears when discussing the death of his mother when he was 11 and his brother last year.

Walters responded to Keane's comments on BBC Sport's Football Focus on Saturday.

“Honestly, I don't know why people listen to what he has to say at times," he said.

“In terms of the route I went down, I didn't particularly want to go on TV and say that.

“It all came from a couple of years ago when I did an interview with Henry Winter and I broke down. He caught me by surprise and I broke down.

“It's something I've never done in my career. Mentally as a player [I was] very tough - but he just got me to another place.

“And on the back of that, there were so many responses that came in. And I had a terrible year last year and someone got wind of it and I got asked to speak about it because of the responses I had previously.

“I went down that route and if someone wants to take it down that route, that's fine, it's up to them.

“But it doesn't bother me one single bit what he has to say. Obviously I bother him a little bit, he doesn't bother me one single bit. I don't know why people take any notice most of the time."