I agree with you Razor. The ongoing rumours in relation to Keane (and Stephen Ireland) are getting frustrating. I really don't care where they end up - Blackpool, QPR or Newcastle, once two quality footballers get to do what they are paid to do!
Couldnt care less where SI ends up, rot in the reserves somewhere for all I care.Originally Posted by gastric
Keane though is a completely different story. WHam rumoured to have made a bid today, not the biggest fan of that club but he needs a move and quick. He would fit in well alongside Cole or Piquionne (who i think is a damn fine player).
Goal.com (I know, I know, hardly the pinnacle of journalism)
reporting that the West Ham deal is done. West Ham will pay his €65,000 a week until the end of the season (£1.2m approx). If they avoid relegation, they have to buy him for £6m. Otherwise its back to Tottenham and we start this saga again.
Said his goodbyes at training apparently. Best of luck to him.
I assume he'd be eligible for the Notts Forest game on Sunday.
http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/2896/...ego-forlan-as-
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Win-win for Robbie. Stays in London, keeps his wage and his own personal safety net should his borrowers fall through the trapdoor. I'll be glad just to see him playing regularly.
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...snt-leave.html
if he doesn't get a move then he won't be playing any PL football for Spurs because they will axe him from 25 man squad according to the Sun.
"If God had meant football to be played in the air, he'd have put grass in the sky." Brian Clough.
You'll NEVER beat the Irish.......you'll just draw with us instead!!!
Sounds like an ultimatum. Spurs dream is over for Robbie, hope he realises. Think he'll score goals at West Ham and could keep them up.
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I'm almost certain Redknapp has used that threat of the 25 man squad thing before to get players off the payroll.
Silly threat to make. No way the Spurs brass would bite 65k a week if Robbie refused to move.
From soccernet.com:
"The Hammers will pay a loan fee of £1 million and have agreed to pay his £65,000-aweek wages in full until the end of the season."
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/st...n-deal?cc=5901
Balls... I wouldn't have cared if the Hammers went down before now!! Now I have to root for them to stay up, but not at the expense of Wolves or Wigan!!
Rooting for the Hammers big time now!
I think he will flop tho
I don't think so... I think he'll do alright at the Hammers. Decent enough potential in terms of the players, on paper anway.
I think he'll do OK. He is at his lowest ebb in his career at the moment, but he has never really failed to score at any club he has been at. Even at Liverpool, which would have been considered a failed move, he sill managed to bag 5 goals in 19 league games, and he scored a couple more in Europe too. I think he would be looking at scoring around 5 - 7 goals in remaining 14 games if he does end up at the Hammers. West Ham have problems at both ends of the pitch though, they have the worst defence and the second worst attack based on goals scored / conceded, so I can't really see them staying up personally.
West Ham will go down, Robbie will get a move to a club like Blackburn or Wigan in the summer, Harry will get his money and everyone will go home happy.
Hammers keep up Keane pursuit.
http://www.skysports.com/story/0,195...707572,00.html
"We lost because we didn't win"- Ronaldo
From the article posted above, Harry said:
"If he stays he will make the 25-man squad. There's no way I would leave him out of the squad. I've got too much respect for Robbie Keane as a player and as a person."
In Arry speak that means the deal is already complete. You have to give it to Redknapp. He should be a politician.
Last edited by Noelys Guitar; 28/01/2011 at 10:55 PM.
I like the way you are reading between the lines there and you are probably correct.
Robbie is doing a medical now.
Harry says its not a loan deal, it's a conditional hire purchase lease deal.
Sounds like 'Arry's car salesman talk. Wonder if Robbie's under warranty too.
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