Liverpool Keen On Robbie
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Tottenham Hotspur striker Robbie Keane has emerged as a transfer target for Liverpool, according to a report in the News of the World.
Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez is reportedly keen on bringing the striker to Anfield to partner Fernando Torres up front as the Reds go in search of their first Premier League title.
According to the paper Liverpool are willing to offer Tottenham a massive £20 million for Keane and are happy to throw in Peter Crouch as part of the deal too.
Keane, 27, joined Spurs from Leeds in 2002 and is the club captain at White Hart Lane. His current partnership with Dimitar Berbatov is one of the most prolific in the Premier League, both players netting 23 goals each last season for Tottenham.
The Irishman has enjoyed a successful last season at Spurs, winning his first major competition, the Carling Cup, with the club and also scoring his 100th Premier League goal and his 100th goal for Tottenham.
However, with Berbatov expected to leave the club this summer in search of Champions League football, it is unlikely the club will also want to let the talismanic Keane leave as well, hence the offer of Peter Crouch as part of the deal.
Crouch has been widely linked with a move away from Liverpool after failing to cement a regular place in the starting line up at Anfield. The striker managed only nine league starts for Liverpool last season although he did end the season with five Premier League goals to his name.
Whilst Crouch is rumoured to want to leave the club in search of regular football and to improve his international prospects, manager Rafael Benitez is clearly reluctant to let him go and has reportedly already rejected approaches by Portsmouth for the striker. -
i tok dey gona recall back R.Fowler..haa
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why keane? although i am a fan of robbie keane but dont liverpool have too much strikers? or is kuyt a right winger now?
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y not other strikers y robbie keane is'nt kuyt good enough maybe get another winger to replace kuyt ?
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impossible to be true. robbie keane is way overrated. he should go back to wolves...
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rafa again? he really dont know what he is after.
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20m can get villa why get keane?
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well, I think Rafa is taking a safe step in securing Keane, in trying to land the domestic title.
villa is good but I think Rafa may be really serious next season instead of expertimenting, hence this proposal.
however, just curious in that, old habits die hard, and if things were not to work out, Keane could sit, and from a captain of an evolving team to a sub. surely, he would have realised all this before he signs on the dotted line.
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liverpool doesn't have enough british players, keane is one and an ok player....they could do worse....