KEANE SIGNS FOUR-YEAR ANFIELD DEAL

KEANE SIGNS FOUR-YEAR ANFIELD DEAL
Robbie Keane has tonight put pen to paper on a four-year deal at Liverpool Football Club.
Fourteen years after turning down the club he grew up supporting in favour of Wolves, the Republic of Ireland captain finally completed a dream move following a medical at Melwood.

Keane is the fifth summer addition to Rafa Benitez's first-team squad after the arrival of David Ngog, Diego Cavalieri, Philipp Degen and Andrea Dossena.

The transfer is the sixth major move of a career which began with South Dublin side Crumlin United before the prodigious teenager burst onto the scene at Wolverhampton Wanderers in 1997.

A big-money move to top flight Coventry followed before Marcelo Lippi, manager of Italian giants Inter Milan, offered £13million for his services in 2000.

Keane would team up with Ronaldo and Christian Vieri in Serie A, though the move was to turn sour when Lippi was sacked.

A loan to Leeds United was arranged in December 2000, a deal made permanent six month later.

Unfortunately, Keane's arrival at Elland Road coincided with a growing financial crisis, and he was to join the exodus of stars in 2002 with a £7million transfer to Tottenham Hotspur.

Over the next few years the frontman, famed for his cartwheel goal celebration, finally settled, tallying an impressive 107 goals in 253 appearances and becoming a firm fans' favourite.

So good was his form in February 2006 that Inter president Massimo Moratti admitted his regret at letting Keane go.

Three months before departing for Merseyside he won his first senior honour as a player after helping Spurs beat Chelsea in the League Cup final.

The 28-year-old has also carved out a name for himself on the international stage having made up part of the so-called Golden Generation which emerged in the late 1990s.

The striker was part of the Irish side which triumphed in the 1998 European U18 Championships just months after making his senior bow against the Czech Republic.

His first international goal came against Malta in October 1998 and he is now the Republic's all-time record scorer ahead of Niall Quinn.

Keane famously scored a last-minute equaliser against Germany in the 2002 World Cup, one of three in the tournament.

Few were surprised when former Reds defender Steve Staunton handed him the captain's armband upon taking the Irish reins in 2006.
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Mejor jugador de la liga y iberoamericano de la temporada

Quelle bonne nouvelle! On a maintenant un quattuor d'attaque qui a vraiment de la gueule! J'espère en effet que Voronin va rester et aussi que Keane va rapidement faire ses preuves en rouge et trouver ses automatismes avec Torres car je pense que son transfert n'a pas dû être donné!

oé sa c'est vrai, normalement entre 20 et 25 millions d'euros :you'll:

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Mejor jugador de la liga y iberoamericano de la temporada

Admin Age : 20 Inscrit le : 23 Juil 2008 Messages : 704

Cher je trouve, j'espère qu'il prouvera autant que Torrés l'a fait!!!

Génial. Un joueur que j'aprécie beaucoup. Je suis pressé de le voir à l'oeuvre notre superbe attaque, vivement que la PL commence !

Super transfert, malgré nos sois-disant moyens financiés, on arrive quand même à recruter ce genre de joueur, ca fait plaisir !

Il reste à voir comment il va s'adapter, mais avec 107 goals en 253 apparitions, c'est quand même remarquable ! On a parfaitement remplacé Crouch...
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Bundesliga Fan !

Super transfert! C'est vraiment un bon joueur, technique, puissant, réaliste, opportuniste et irlandais! Je me réjouis de le voir à l'oeuvre avec Torres (peut être demain contre Villareal...)
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picture Keane

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Mejor jugador de la liga y iberoamericano de la temporada

Ce que je trouve admirable, c'est, qu'étant gamin, Keane était un inconditionel de Liverpool. Ca fait plaisir d'accueillir parmi nous un joueur qui aura vraiment l'amour du maillot!

:you'll:

Avec keane et torres en attaque, je crois bien qu'on est parti pour une grosse saison !!

Deja que torres tout seule peut tout pété alors la avec keane

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Transfert vraiment genial. Keane est un tres grand joueur, sous estimé à mon goût, et qui je l'espere montrera l'etendue de son art et de son opportunisme !
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