Well at least we now know Newcastle are indeed interested in bringing Robbie Keane to Newcastle.
Robbie Keane – Pardew would be interested in a player of this caliber
While Newcastle manager Pardew stopped short of saying he was specifically interested in Keane, he did say if a player of his talent became available then Newcastle would be interested.
This is what Alan told Sky Sports today, when specifically asked about Keane:
“Any player of that sort of quality that becomes available, we would be interested in.”
“Whether it is possible to bring them to the club for a number of reasons, we will have to see.”
“But I am not going to go into individuals because we have had so many names thrown at us and so many of our players leaving.”
“It is ridiculous to name them all, so I will pass on that one.” “We are sound in terms of our players and we want to add to the group if we can.
“The market is going to be so tight and there are only going to be a few players on the market who can wear the Newcastle jersey.”
“So it is a small market and we will have to compete and see if it works for us.”
Alan said there were only a few players who could wear the Newcastle jersey – and of course what he meant was only as few players were available who were good enough to wear the Newcastle jersey.
A nice little comment there from Alan – who happily seems to revere the Tyneside club.
One reason Robbie may not be able to be brought to Newcastle is that it appears Spurs may want a straight transfer next month for Robbie.
The fee is said to be around £3M, and that may be difficult for Newcastle to do, and they would most likely prefer to take the lad on loan through the end of the season first.
Other clubs are interested in taking the Ireland captain – West Ham, Birmingham and Wolves are three clubs said to be interested, but they would not likely be an attraction to Keane.
Robbie has already let it be known that he would prefer to come to Newcastle and play in front of 52,000 screaming Geordies.
Who wouldn’t?
Comments welcome.
20 comments so far
nuttyward
Dec 31, 2010 at 10:53 AM
Comment #1iff he was to say sign tomorrow could he play sunday
munch27
Dec 31, 2010 at 11:02 AM
Comment #2I can see it now we dither West Ham sign him he scores against us on wednesday , unless there is a better striker in Pardews sights get Keane signed ASAP.
sweendog
Dec 31, 2010 at 11:03 AM
Comment #33 mill for a loan .. if that includes wages not too bad .. otherwise tell the wide boy ‘arry he can keep him..
Good player though .. and we do need a striker .. there are alot of other preferrable options though … want about Mervlut Erding from PSG who we were linked with .. probably 7 mill to get him and on cheaper wages ..
theres quiet a few more decent strikers with contracts up in the summer too ..
nuttyward
Dec 31, 2010 at 11:05 AM
Comment #4@ munh totaly agree i asked on another blog who is available at the moment ( not many)
SWP from Man shitty Adabiyor both loans .
get keane in tomorrow before we regret it
Frank The London Mag
Dec 31, 2010 at 11:18 AM
Comment #5Keane may prove to be a total waste of cash who is too injury prone and out of sorts since he hasn’t played for ages
OR
a revelation who kick-starts a run of good form as well as chipping in with vital goals as we only really count on Nolan and Carroll for goals at the moment.
nuttyward
Dec 31, 2010 at 11:21 AM
Comment #6Harry rednap has said on SSN that he wont loan out keane only a permanent deal can be done so the toon can forget that one
Frank The London Mag
Dec 31, 2010 at 11:24 AM
Comment #7@6 – Harry Redknapp also said there would be no more transfer dealings on the deadline day this summer and then announced Van der Vaart as a Spurs player later that day.
Do not believe a word of what he says. A lot of what managers say isn’t true anyway. It’s all tactical.
balubas1
Dec 31, 2010 at 11:32 AM
Comment #8I’ll take Keane easily… but I hope he can get closer to the form that made his name in the 1st place.
He can VERY easy become a major flop… So I hope he want’s it.. bad.
Geordie-Gerrard7
Dec 31, 2010 at 11:43 AM
Comment #9Anyone who said they wouldn’t take keane is a first class tool, we can’t afford to be chooser over quality players we sign, and keane is quality, were have to fight a handfull of clubs when players like this become available. our priority would be to stay up, and for that we need to score more goals than we have done recently, and that’s exactly what keane will do.
repo
Dec 31, 2010 at 11:51 AM
Comment #10He wont come here cause Droppy wants Carrol,
ArtyH
Dec 31, 2010 at 12:26 PM
Comment #11Time for MA to make good his Spurs connections and pull a few strings.
Toon1978
Dec 31, 2010 at 12:52 PM
Comment #123 million quid for a striker who is 30 years old and sitting on the bench………..No thanks. Spurs are having a laugh if this is to be true. 3 million quid could be spent elsewhere. I would rather we brought Bellamy back in fact 3 million quid for Bellamy would be worth it despite his age. That is just my opinion mind lol.
allan666
Dec 31, 2010 at 1:11 PM
Comment #13isnt bellamy 31 ? and hes a horrible mouthy prick. 30 is not old for an intelligent player like keane
max
Dec 31, 2010 at 2:28 PM
Comment #14keane can replace carrol as carroll is injured. he can score many goals for us.
tcbelfast
Dec 31, 2010 at 5:27 PM
Comment #15DONT THINK KEANE WILL BE A LOAN SIGNING,EITHER SOLD OR NOT SOLD.
seannew1
Dec 31, 2010 at 6:34 PM
Comment #16I’ve seen Keane play for Ireland this year and he’s been way off the pace,he’ll run all day but not sure if he’ll get us many goals…..
RossGellar
Dec 31, 2010 at 6:36 PM
Comment #17I appreciate Newcastle wanting players for the future, but we also need players for right now. Aim big, guys, Bendtner, Keane, or Adebayor (or all three) for up front, and a couple of sexy proven wingers.
geoff777
Dec 31, 2010 at 7:34 PM
Comment #18@RossGellar
I’m afraid the days of us competing to sign the top players in the world have long gone.
Ashley bought us on a whim and then bottled it when he saw what his promise to sign us a super-star would actually cost him.
It’s been down-hill since then.
I fancy there will be a few even nastier turns before we get rid of this man.
Kudos to KK for having the integrity to stand up and walk-out on this regime.
Brutooon
Jan 1, 2011 at 5:06 AM
Comment #19The reason berbatov show top class form during his spurs days was because he play next to robbie keane. both compliment each other
that can also happen with carroll and keane
6 mths loan wont cost that much right?
winzi24
Jan 1, 2011 at 10:52 AM
Comment #20please god do not sign this man hes just another money greedy player tryin to drain the clubs finances, he may have i bit ov talent but hes not that good else he’d play for spuds. He’s just a short term fix that will do more harm than good.