DISQUS

King Kong · 1 year ago

Rumours were saying that Keane only cost liverpool 13 million which could get to 15 million as addons. The 20 million figure quoted by Levy was just to quell fans revolt over the selling of the 28 year old 20 goals striker.

As Liverpool are short on cash, it figures how the Merseyside can afford a 20 million deal while they cannot afford an 18 million deal with Barry.

Anfield officials did not comment on the value of the deal because Spurs have requested that the value should only be disclosed by the Spurs board. As such, we didn't see any comments from Anfield for the capture of Keane.

Steve S · 1 year ago

I love the way everyone's an expert about Liverpool's finances. I remember us being 'skint' last season, then signed Torres.

It's not that we haven't got the money to buy Barry, it's that Rafa won't pay £18m for him. Obviously he's happy to pay that amount for Keane and therefore he did. We've sold in the region of £20m worth of players, and bought around £32m, which means only an outlay of £12m. The owners already reported that they gave rafa the CL money + £20m to spend. That was roughly £40m (and + the money from sold players). So there's still £20m+ kicking around.

Wouldn't surprise me if either the Barry deal is now done, or we look to a winger, possibly Silva. Maybe both (though we don't need Barry, he's had 1 good (not great) season)

ossie's dream · 1 year ago

King Kong - Spurs are a PLC, so perhaps the source of your spurious rumor can explain how Spurs plan to fudge a missing 5M quid on it's balance sheet.

kkfla737 · 1 year ago

Great post, Gaffer. Keane hasn't ever been happy since he left Leeds, and will explode at Liverpool. It's just a matter of time.

Lonnie · 1 year ago

The other point that I'd raise is that with Keane, who will likely play just off Torres in sort of an attacking midfield role, what happens to Gerrard? Does he get shuffled out wide again?

Simon Burke · 1 year ago

I like Keane and was so disappointed when he went to Spurs - I like Ireland and I like Arsenal so this was a match made in hell.
Seeing Keane leave has delighted our family.

However Liverpool tend to play 4-5-1. The one is Torres so I see a problem for Keane unless Rafa is going to start going 4-4-2 or try and make Keane part of the 5?

Good luck to him though.

timmyg · 1 year ago

keane only scores goals when he plays a considerable amount of time consecutively.

with rafa's rotation system, that isn't going to happen.

he may score goals, but expect another crouchy situation.

Matt · 1 year ago

It's pretty obvious for those who cannot see how Keane will fit into Liverpools team:

--------- Torres
Babel - Keane - Gerrard
----- Bary - Masch --------
--------Back Four ---------

thin white duke · 1 year ago

Keane is useless - Liverpool have made a huge mistake signing him.