Anfield to Add Luck of the Irish

By: CSD | July 28th, 2008

Robbie Keane will be undergoing his medical in Liverpool today and is set to sign a five-year contract worth £80,000 per week. On behalf of all Yanks who don’t know beans about football, I’d like to offer a big Flavor Flav, “YEAHHHHHHHHHHH BOYEEEEEEEEE!”

This is the signing I’ve been most excited about when I first heard the rumor that Keane wanted to leave Spurs for his boyhood heroes, Liverpool. He’s a proven striker, the captain of his country, and also doesn’t have to adjust to the English game. I believe he’ll slide right in and fit nicely alongside Torres and at the end of the season we’ll be saying what a bargain he was at £20m.

There’s hope that the deal will be done in time for the friendly against Villareal on Wednesday. It’s far more likely though that if we see Keane soon, it will be against Rangers on Aug 2nd. I just don’t see him having one training session and then being thrown out there.

Of course now the formation will have to be switched around. What do you think the new starting XI will look like? Here’s my shot in the dark…

………Torres…..Keane
………….Gerrard
….Kuyt……Alonso…..Babel
Degen…Skrtel…Agger…Carragher
……………Reina………………

Kuyt, Babel, Degen, and Carragher will all be inclined to push up while Skrtel, Agger and Alonso form a diamond with Reina to defend the center. Meanwhile, Gerrard, Torres and Keane go on to form the TRIANGLE OF TERROR. Oh come on, you knew it was coming.

*EDIT*
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Category: Liverpool, Team News, Transfer Speculation

Tags: Liverpool, new signing, Republic of Ireland, Robbie Keane, Team News, Tottenham Hotspur, Transfer Speculation

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• Ed Lee |  July 28th, 2008 at 5:52 am

  
  
  

  no mascherano?

  Posted from Canada

  

• als |  July 28th, 2008 at 6:01 am

  
  
  

  nice post, but Degen is a RB and Dossena will be in that LB slot. But I am also looking forward to seeing Keane work with Torres, Gerrard, Babel, and co.

  Posted from United States

  

• Red's Fury™ |  July 28th, 2008 at 6:32 am

  
  
  

  Keane would fit in perfectly behind Torres, and Gerrard will be switched back to his usual central role, and have more freedom to dictate the game.

  ……………Torres
  ……………Keane
  ….Aurelio…Gerrard…Kuyt
  ……….Alonso/Mascherano
  Dossena…Agger…Carragher…Finnan
  ……………Reina

  4-1-3-1-1 or 4-4-1-1 or 4-3-3, Degen will miss the start of the campaign with groin injury. So Finnan would fill the RB slot.

  Just my two cents…

  YNWA…

  Posted from Australia

  

• Matt |  July 28th, 2008 at 8:23 am

  
  
  

  Of all the possible signings I like this one the best. Keane will be an excellent complement to Torres.

  Posted from United States

  

• JDunn |  July 28th, 2008 at 8:37 am

  
  
  

  ………………………Torres
  Babel……Keane……Gerrard……Kuyt
  …………………Mascherano
  Dossena…Agger…Skrtel…Carragher
  ………………………Reina

  Posted from United States

  

• zo |  July 28th, 2008 at 10:17 am

  
  
  

  ……..Torres….Keane….
  Aurelio/Babel..Gerrard…..Kuyt…
  Dossena…Skrtl…Agger…Carra…
  Pepe

  Posted from United States

  

• zo |  July 28th, 2008 at 10:18 am

  
  
  

  plus Masch…sorry

  Posted from United States

  

• CSD |  July 28th, 2008 at 10:40 am

  
  
  

  Yeah, I always forget about Mascherano for some reason.

  Posted from United States

  

• steven. |  July 29th, 2008 at 8:46 am

  
  
  

  you have to be retarded to not include the Monster Masch ..
  Keane will take Kuyt`s place on the right & keep Torres as a lone striker .. end of.

  Posted from Canada

  

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