Keane moves to Liverpool

Robbie Keane is set to move from Tottenham Hotspur to Liverpool in a $38 million deal.

The Tottenham striker has been bought out of the remaining two years of his contract with his former club, and is set to spend the next four years plying his trade at Anfield.

“I would like to place on record my thanks to the board, players and fans of Tottenham for the past six years, which were the best and most enjoyable of my career to date,” Keane said in a press statement.

Keane is reported to have supported Liverpool throughout his life, and apparently leapt at the opportunity to join the club when Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez proposed that he replace departing striker Peter Crouch.

Keane’s departure has sparked controversy, with Tottenham manager Daniel Levy reacting angrily to the departure of the striker who netted Tottenham Hotspir an impressive tally of 100 goals during the six years he spent playing for the club.

“I was incredibly disappointed when I first heard, not only that Liverpool had been working behind the scenes to bring Robbie to Anfield, but that Robbie himself wanted to go and he submitted a transfer request to this effect,” Levy told reporters.