The Irish international striker Tottenham (1st div. Anglaise) Robbie Keane has officially begun Monday for four years for Liverpool (1st div. Anglaise), announced his new club on its website.
Keane, 28, joined the club and he encouraged when he was a child and will leave Tuesday to stage in Spain with his new teammates. He should make his debut with his new team Wednesday to face Villarreal in a friendly match.
The Irish international, author of a very good last season with the Spurs in which he was the master (15 goals in league and victory in the League Cup), was the priority of Rafael Benitez, manager of the Reds, who will l ‘involvement in attack on Spanish Fernando Torres. It is the fifth rookie summer quintuple champions of Europe after Degen, Dossena, Cavalieri and Ngog.
The transfer amount is 19 million pounds (24.07 million euros) and could reach the bonus with 20.3 million pounds (25.7 million euros).
Keane, who began his career at Wolverhampton, has evolved in Coventry, Inter Milan, Leeds and Tottenham finally where he played six seasons, registering 107 goals in 253 matches.
His departure has provoked the anger of supporters and the Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy has declared “disappointed” by the attitude of Liverpool he accused of “negotiating behind his back the arrival of Keane.”
To answer these attacks, the player issued a press release. “I would like to formally thank the board, players and supporters of Tottenham for six years at the club and who were so far the best of my career. I do not ever forget. I would like to especially thank Daniel Levy who understood that as a fan, join Liverpool was the dream of my life and I could not pass up this opportunity. I hope that one day the supporters of Spurs will also understand, “said the Irishman.