Seems to be on his way to Birmingham at the moment, probably them or Newcastle are the best of the teams that are after him
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Seems to be on his way to Birmingham at the moment, probably them or Newcastle are the best of the teams that are after him
http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/2896/...striker-robbie
Birmingham City have agreed a £7 million fee with Tottenham for their Irish international striker Robbie Keane, according to reports.
After falling out of favour at Spurs over the last year, Keane is widely expected to leave White Hart Lane this month and Sky Sports understands that the striker will undergo a medical at St Andrews in the next 24 hours.
His manager, Harry Redknapp, has said on a number of occasions that he won’t stand in Keane’s way should an acceptable offer come in for him and if he wishes to leave.
Despite Birmingham being favourites to sign Keane, he is very much a man in demand with many Premier League clubs believed to be interested acquiring the striker, with Wolves, Sunderland and Newcastle all reportedly interested.
The striker is desperate to play regular first team after seeing his chances limited at White Hart Lane since returning to Spurs from Liverpool in January 2009.
Will be nice to see him back on the telly :)
I hate Spurs with a passion so glad he has left!!! Good move for Robbie and I'll transfer him in to my fantasy footie team as soon as he is fit.
Not a bad destination for an Indian summer I s'pose. Chicken counting aside...he'll get his game there.
He could feed well off Zigic there and Hleb's vision will certainly leave him with opportunities. Maybe he can develop some good chemistry with Fahey as well. Watching the first 25 minutes of Birmingham's match against Blackpool yesterday they probably had 4-5 good chances to go ahead before they did score that I'm sure Robbie would have stuck away at least one or two on his day.
Cameron Jerome will finally have somebody to teach him how to finish.
http://twitter.com/colintattum Birmingham reporter suggesting the deal is not close. I would love to see Keane joining Wolves but have a feeling Keane is hoping a team higher up the table will come in for him. Everton or Sunderland might get involved.
Doubt Sunderland is an option.. They're top heavy with forwards if you include on loan Welbeck. Don't think the fans are too keen on him after turning them down numerous times over the years too.
Yeah, Sunderland would be the same situation as Spurs. Fierce competition between Bent, Welbeck and Gyan.
Came on tonight for Spurs in the dying mins.
Why so?Quote:
Originally Posted by shakermaker1982
Reading between the lines looks like Robbie wants to go somewhere other than Birmingham. Fee agreed but in no rush to move to Brum. Hope he knows what's he doing because with the emergence/re-emergence and form of Long (and possibly Best) he should no longer be guaranteed a place in the Irish side unless he is playing first team football (and playing well).
Their fans and Harry Redknapp. Or I might be working with Forest fans for far too long and their hatred for Spurs has increased my loathing levels!Quote:
Originally Posted by DeLorean
You've got to laugh at Forest fans thinking that they are rivals with big teams.Quote:
Originally Posted by shakermaker1982
You would not be laughing when they brought home their second European Cup!!Quote:
Originally Posted by MeathDrog
Which is two more than Spurs I believe!!
It all goes to that FA Cup Final in 91.Quote:
Originally Posted by MeathDrog
Oh well at least the fans have 2 European Cups in their trophy cabinet to gaze at unlike every club in London. Forest will be back in PL before you know it!!!
Kenny Miller on his way to Birmingham (bid accepted)so that probably confirms Robbie is not going to Brum.
Kenny Miller must be extremely fond of club hopping. He must have ammassed a fair number of signing on fee's. Robbie has not done too bad in his career either. He may go for a swansong at Wolves which would be good if it kept Wolves up. Anyway best of luck Robbie and we would like to see you playing regularly again.Quote:
Originally Posted by Noelys Guitar
Not sure how many times Miller needs to fail at the top level before people stop buying him. If Robbie wants to sign, they'll take whether they have Miller or not.
Fulham seems to be the club in the chase now (yes I am purely basing this on sky sports news on it's own), I think of the clubs mentioned when Birmingham were in the running that Brum was the best option but thought he would probably prefer a London based club when I heard that it wasn't progressing too far.
Fulham just picked up Sidwell, not sure they'll be willing to pay Robbie as well unless they are getting rid of a few players they already have.
Your man Sidwell gets around. West Ham, Wolves and Fulham this week alone.
This morning on the sports news channel - "Spartak have dropped their interest in Irish star Keane", at first I thought it was Roy, then realised it was Robbie. He'd have filled his boots.
Upton Park seems the most likely destination now:
http://www.independent.ie/breaking-n...s-2488357.html
Great if he went there, he'd be the right player to finish chances that West Ham have traditionally been unable to since Cottee and McAvennie. I saw a positing on a Newcastle forum saying how Robbie Keane was useless and the wrong player to get - with no respect to Newcastle the club, or to many of it's dogged fans - putting him alongside Adam Carroll would be a terrific move, while he'd play up to the Newcastle passion. However he's not a name enough to help them win the league.
Harry doesn't really want to loan him though, would rather sell him so there lies a problem with the West Ham move. As for Newcastle, "not a name enough for them win the league"! Since when have Newcastle been title challengers, 1996 or so I think those fans need to realise that they are a mid table team.
I think the story of Hughes interest broke while the deal with Sidwell was underway so it is still a possibliity
The only names that could help them win the league are already playing for Barcelona!Quote:
Originally Posted by Spudulika
Newcastle and it's deluded fans can't understand why they aren't bigger than the best, or the rest. Robbie Keane isn't a big enough name, hence they'll never progress beyond regular self-immolation. I'd love to see Robbie at Upton Park, however a move abroad might be perfect right now - though would a club pay the amount and wages for somebody who is seen as hit and miss?
Doubt RK will end up at WHU.
Apparently the reason why Sidwell switched to Fulham was that WHU already had their quota of 25 senior pro's and they couldn't move one out in time to accommodate Sidwell.
Meanwhile, WHU are apparently so desperate for a Left Back that they're trying to hikack Wayne Bridge's move to Villa, which would mean their agreeing to pay his (Man.City) wages, said to be £90k per week.
Therefore to fit RK in as well, WHU will need to shift two players first. And who in his right mind would want even one West Ham cast-off? ;)
I can't see anyone other than Birmingham or Wolves willing to pay the 7mil transfer. So this could get very messy for Keane if he wants to stay in London. Going on reports I've read Fulham and West Ham are willing to take Keane and match his Spurs wages but only as a loan. Arry wants the 7mil. This could drag on till the last few mins of the transfer window as Keane seems very reluctant to move to Birmingham or Wolves.Quote:
Originally Posted by EalingGreen
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/foot...ty/9362485.stm
Birmingham have had a £6m bid for Robbie Keane accepted by Tottenham, BBC Sport understands.
The 30-year-old Republic of Ireland striker has been given permission to hold talks with City, although he is yet to discuss personal terms.
City have agreed to pay Spurs an initial £4m with an extra £2m coming via various add-ons in the deal.
Looks like he is in for a relegation battle.
I think he's in for a relegation battle in all his transfer options... It's fairly tight in the bottom half of the table.
A few pound on him going to WHU maybe? O'Neill going there...think he was interested in him at Villa and it wouldn't be outside the realms of possibility for him to keep them up and improve them massively in the next couple of years. He left Villa because of tightened resources so one can only guess that the powers that be at WHU will provide him with a good bit of cash.
Just saw on the birmingham forums that some of the fans are thinking Kenny Miller would be a better signing than Keane, although most of the others said that Miller has only played in the SPL and failed terribly when he was in England
Football is all about opinions but to prefer Miller over Keane is pure madness. Keane has played his whole career at the very highest level whilst Miller has only ever looked a decent player in a second rate league. For Kenny Miller, see Kris Boyd.
According to this he sealed his move to Birmingham last night... Haven't seen it anywhere else other than there's a fee been agreed between the clubs
http://blogs.soccernet.com/onthemove...in_milan_m.php
I wouldn't necessarily rely on ESPN for confirmation of the move. If any other club matches Birmingham's offer then it's up to Robbie to decide which one he wants to join. If the Martin O'Neill move to West Ham is confirmed then it might be an interesting opportunity. O'Neill has a good record of reviving the careers of players (Sutton, Hartson, Heskey etc.).
That looks like just poor reporting. The new reports indicated that the deal was a quite few lawyer/agent lunches away from being sealed.
West Ham's Grant is also reported to also be seriously interested. But will Grant be West Hams for much longer?
I wonder what swung it for them, his handful of premier league goals or the fact he's older.Quote:
Originally Posted by christo
Gone before the weekend is over according to SSN this morning..Quote:
Originally Posted by geysir