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Robbie Keane Close To Aston Villa Move - Report

• zocoss

  31 May 10, 10:49

  Tottenham Hotspur Striker Robbie Keane Close To Aston Villa Move - Report

  Tottenham Hotspur are close to agreeing a deal with Aston Villa for the transfer of Robbie Keane, according to the News of the World.

  

  Robbie Keane - Tottenham Hotspur (PA)

  But the newspaper reports that Villa will need to pay £18 million for the services of the Republic of Ireland international, a fee that Martin O'Neill does not want to pay.
  
  Keane spent five months on loan at Celtic at the end of last season, scoring 16 goals in just 19 appearances.
  
  But despite an impressive spell in Scotland, Keane's first team opportunites at White Hart Lane look to be limited next season with Jermain Defoe, Peter Crouch, Roman Pavlyuchenko and Eidur Gudjohnson all fighting for a forward spot.
  
  And the 29-year-old looks set to move for the eighth time in eleven years, a move that could make him the second most expensive footballer in history.
  
  Keane has fetched over £70 million in transfer fees in a career that has seen him play for clubs including Inter Milan, Leeds United and Liverpool.
  
  The report claims that although the clubs are still negotiating a fee, Keane will have talks with Martin O'Neill this week.
  
  Aston Villa have been looking for a prolific goalscorer for some time, with current striker Emile Heskey and John Carew failing to hit the net on a regular basis.
  
  Indeed the duo have also been linked with moves away from the club to Wolverhampton Wanderers and Fiorentina respectively.
  
• dragg

  31 May 10, 11:01

  keane is definitely a good addition to villa.

  i hope the fees arent too high.

   

• reyes

  31 May 10, 12:00

  he wan to play everyclub in the EPL?

   

• CKeer

  31 May 10, 14:05

  Add in Heskey or Carew and makeweight, i'm sure Harry would want these 2.

• Y_Shun

  31 May 10, 16:37

  Either Heskey or Carew should leave AV. They are 2 similar players... if one plays the other surely on bench. Carew should stay though.

  If Keane comes, it will be interesting of how they are gonna fit the 2 of them with Agbonlahor.

• a-Lost-9uY

  31 May 10, 19:48

  Originally posted by reyes:

  he wan to play everyclub in the EPL?

   

  
  even if he does, Bellamy is still e most "old bird" in club-hopping

• Bus&Soccer l0v3r (VO3x 1)

  31 May 10, 20:26

  erm 18M
  
  
  should lower a bit man
  
  
  29 yrs old
  
  he not villa man