Keane agrees loan move to Celtic
Reuters - Monday 01 February 2010, 20:47
LONDON - Ireland skipper Robbie Keane left
Tottenham Hotspur for Celtic on loan on Monday, a year after
rejoining Spurs from a short-lived spell at Liverpool.
Keane, 29, who scored nine times for Spurs this season
including four in a 5-0 win over Burnley in September,
originally joined the London side in 2002 and netted 91 goals in
226 appearances in his two spells at the club.
Manager Harry Redknapp used Keane as part of a rotating
strikeforce with Jermain Defoe, Peter Crouch and occasionally
Roman Pavlyuchenko but he has been allowed to leave on loan
following Eidur Gudjohnsen's arrival at White Hart Lane last
week.
"It's a good move. Robbie needs to play," Redknapp told Sky
Sports.
"He's too good a player not to be starting here
regularly. He wants to play all the time.
"It's been difficult to guarantee Robbie a starting place.
He's not a happy man when he's not playing regularly."
Keane also has the option of making the move to Celtic a
permanent one.
He has also played for Wolverhampton Wanderers, Coventry
City, Inter Milan and Leeds United during an outstanding career
and is Ireland's record scorer with 41 international goals in 96
appearances.
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