Kopite Keane Successfully Signed

Robbie Keane has signed for Liverpool FC today for a fee of £19million, on a four-year deal and will earn £80,000 a week. He will wear the iconic number 7 shirt associated with Reds legends Kenny Dalglish, Kevin Keegan, Ian Callaghan and Peter Beardsley. He has been included in the squad which travels to Spain for the friendly against Villarreal on Wednesday.
Liverpool had been working behind the scenes to bring Keane to Anfield, as was announced by Daniel Levy in his scathing attack on our club for not pursuing the official channels of communication and negotiation. This was greatly helped by the player himself being a boyhood fan/atic and displayed by him submitting a transfer request. Liverpool FC have agreed to make a donation to our Club’s main charity, the Tottenham Hotspur Foundation, as compensation and Tottenham Hotspur have therefore agreed not to continue in their official complaint to the Premier League.
Keane is now one of the most expensive footballer’s in the world, having been involved in transfers totalling £58m having previously played for Wolverhampton, Coventry, Inter Milan and Leeds before joining Tottenham in 2002. He established himself as a consistent performer at Premier League level at Tottenham, scoring 13-17 goals in his first four campaigns and 22/23 in the most recent seasons. Keane scored 80 goals in 197 appearances for Tottenham and has scored 33 international goals in 81 appearances.

2008 Meets 1978

Liverpool FC fans got to see the Reds display the new 08/10 kit during the 1-0 victory against Manchester City at Anfield. There is the usual shirt technology incorporated into the kit, such as ClimaCool and ForMotion, and this is supplemented by the ever present Carlsberg logo (longest shirt sponsorship in the league, and counting) and the three white stripes of adidas.
There is a distinct move away from a sports top towards a professional jersey, with a hark back to tradition and the heady era of Dalglish and Souness; the V-neck dominating the new look. Plus there is a touch of modern class with the inside collar embroidered with "This Is Anfield" and a Liver Bird upon a stylish red/white chequered area.












Personally, I was initially apprehensive of the new design, and with a combination of price (the staple RRP £39.99), the fact I have all 3 of last seasons kits, and the growing views towards hitting the owners where it hurts and boycotting: I decided I wouldn't buy the strip. But of course this didn't last long and the aforementioned reasons never really had enough gravitas to persuade me against purchasing one, and thankfully I have rapidly come to my senses.
I'll wait until July to see which exciting players Benitez will be bringing in, and then choose who I'll being getting on my back. Thinking on I may be predictable and opt for a Gerrard or Mascherano number. The name "Barry" isn't the most attractive or popular in today's world, regardless of the playing ability of the man who wears it.
The kit will no doubt be a resounding success, and it has the thumbs up from this opinionated fan.