Liverpool will make Robbie
Keane one of the world’s costliest players this week - splashing
out £20m to lure him away from Tottenham.
That would take his career transfer value close to
£60m, behind the likes of Chelsea’s serial transferee Nicolas
Anelka (£85m) and Hernan Crespo (£68m).
Republic of Ireland skipper Keane is a life-long
Liverpool fan and has made it clear he wants to move to
Anfield.
Liverpool would be his sixth club with the latest £20m
capping a series of multi-million pound moves.
Coventry paid £6m to Wolves for Keane in 1999 and
subsequent deals have seen him go to Inter Milan for £13m, Leeds
for £12m and then Tottenham for £7m in August 2002.
Keane has scored 107 goals in 254 games for Spurs and
bagged 33 goals in 80 Irish appearances.
Kop boss Rafa Benitez believes Keane will provide his
side with much-needed pace up front alongside main striker and
Spanish hero Fernando Torres.
Benitez has already offloaded towering front man Peter
Crouch to Portsmouth to make way - although the Reds boss also
still needs to offload Xabi Alonso to raise funds.
His expected move to Juventus has fallen down although
Arsenal are now on alert.
A source close to Alonso said: 'If the decision was
down to Xabi, he would make the move because Arsenal’s style is
perfect for him.'
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