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Since Robbie Keane scored a total of 23 goals for Tottenham in the just-concluded 2003-04 season (including 16 league goals), his efficiency was quite impressive, so George released Robbie Keane. After the news that Robbie Keane was on the shelves, many teams immediately heard the news and contacted Tottenham and made transfer offers to Robbie Keane!
Among all the clubs pursuing Robbie Keane, Liverpool and Newcastle United, the two teams that have qualified for next season's UEFA Cup, are the most active and sincere. The Red Army is because their star Michael Owen has not completed the contract extension, and the chasing boy has been plagued by injuries frequently over the years, making it difficult to ensure adequate attendance. Therefore, for these two purposes, Liverpool naturally focused on Robbie Keane and regarded the captain of the Irish national team as the best replacement for Owen!
In order to defeat other competitors, due to Houllier's lavish spending in the transfer market over the years, Liverpool, which is currently in financial distress as a result of the club, gritted its teeth and made an offer of US$15 million for Robbie Keane. And George's answer was quite straightforward - $15 million? There is no way! It would be almost the same if it were pounds!
You know, when Tottenham purchased Robbie Keane from Leeds United, they spent a total of 7 million pounds (approximately 10 million US dollars) in real money. This was due to the financial crisis of Leeds United at that time. Fire sale price. The season before this, when Leeds United signed the Irishman from Inter Milan, the transfer fee was as high as 12 million pounds (approximately 17 million US dollars)!
Although Robbie Keane's performance this season is not as eye-catching as Drogba and Luca Toni, and he was repeatedly put on the bench by George when Tottenham competed with strong teams, but as a reliable player A striker with great movement and awareness can score sixteen league goals in a season in limited playing time, which in itself proves the Irishman's strength. Therefore, Liverpool's initial offer of US$15 million was undoubtedly a big joke in George's eyes!
Although Robbie Keane is only 25 years old now, he actually won the attention of the outside world with his outstanding performance in Coventry as early as the 1999-00 season. Later, joining Inter Milan triggered a stir in the entire European football team. It shocked the world, and in the World Cup in Korea and Japan two years ago, he broke the goal guarded by Oliver Kahn, the best player of the World Cup, and his ability to fight tough battles has also been verified in actual combat. Therefore, George's psychological price for the Irish international is at least US$20 million, otherwise there is no need to discuss anything!
After receiving the news that the initial offer was rejected by Tottenham, Liverpool became somewhat hesitant on whether to continue to increase the price. After all, Houllier, who has been the team's coach for the past six years, has confirmed that he will leave at the end of the season, while Benitez, whom Liverpool Club is actively contacting, is not yet in place, and the team's finances are not rich. Therefore, if Liverpool spends a lot of money to sign Robbie Keane, but Benitez cannot use him, the loss is something Liverpool simply cannot afford.
Compared to Liverpool, who are so fussy, Newcastle are much more generous in this transfer. After all, Alan Shearer is now old, and Bellamy, Ameobi and Lua-Lua on the front line also have various shortcomings and deficiencies, making it difficult to carry the Magpies' offensive Football flag. Moreover, although Shearer scored 22 goals in the league this season, there were as many as eight penalty kicks. In other words, in terms of scoring efficiency alone, Shearer is no longer at the level of a top-notch forward in the Premier League.
And Sheppard, who has been tirelessly criticizing the old Robson, this time seems to have forgotten all the words he said before, and directly offered Robbie Keane an 18 million Quotation in US dollars. After receiving a reply from Tottenham that was "very sincere, but not yet satisfying our psychological price", Sheppard did not even think twice and directly changed the currency unit of the offer into pounds!
Using 18 million pounds (about 25 million US dollars) to buy a pure shooter like Robbie Keane is undoubtedly a very high price in this increasingly depressed European transfer market. Not to mention, Shepard's offer has far exceeded George's psychological price. So, while George sent someone to notify the Liverpool Club of Newcastle's transfer progress, he readily agreed to the offer.
Seeing that Sheppard was actively managing the transfer of Robbie Keane, he also did not forget to throw dirty water on himself. He described the deal as the result of his blackmailing the club, and secretly encouraged the players to get involved with him. . Even a gentle man like old Robson couldn't stand this kind of treatment at this time. The old coach was so angry that he immediately threw his resignation letter in Sheppard's face and announced his resignation as Newcastle coach!
On the other side, after learning that Newcastle had begun contact with Robbie Keane himself, Liverpool, who had originally planned to observe the situation, couldn't help but panic. They quickly held a high-level meeting to discuss the matter and discussed the matter with the team who were leading the team to prepare for the game. UEFA Cup final Benitez got in touch. Finally, after receiving a positive answer from Benitez and confirming that Irving had no intention of renewing his contract with the team, Liverpool executives also announced that they would officially join the battle for Robbie Keane! The transfer offer made by the Red Army is also 18 million pounds!
At the same time, after learning the news of Robson Sr.'s resignation from the Magpies, George immediately dialed Robson Sr.'s phone number, got in touch with his mentor, and invited him to serve as youth training director at Tottenham. ——He clearly remembers that after the old Robson resigned from his head coaching job in his previous life, he never accepted a coaching invitation from any team and remained idle at home until the summer of 2009 when cancer treatment failed. Passed away suddenly.
In George's opinion, the old Robson's condition suddenly worsened after 2004. On the one hand, it was because his resilience was greatly reduced as he got older, and on the other hand, it was because he had nothing to do. Therefore, if we can successfully invite the old Robson and let him take charge of youth training affairs at Tottenham, it may be able to change the old man's fate!
"I hope I can change the old man's fate this time and let him stay in this world for a little longer. At least, I can't leave any regrets like the one between Sheva and Lobanovsky." Hang up. After answering the phone, George's face couldn't help but become a little sad when he thought that the other person might not have much time left in this world. For Robson Sr., the mentor who single-handedly brought him into the professional coaching circle, he sincerely hopes that he can live a long life. (Note: Shevchenko was the last proud disciple trained by Lobanovsky. However, when Sheva became famous and won the Big Ear Cup and the European Golden Globe Award, Lobanovsky Sheva has passed away. Sheva can only take the trophy to Lobanovsky’s grave to pay homage to his mentor, which has become an eternal regret in the heart of the Ukrainian nuclear warhead.)
When George finalized Klose's transfer, confirmed that Robbie Keane would leave Tottenham this summer, and also began to operate several other signings that were of great significance to the club, 2003- The UEFA Champions League final of the 2004 season has finally officially started at the Schalke Stadium in Gelsenkirchen, which the fans have been eagerly anticipating! Mobile phone users please browse and read for a better reading experience.
