Man City, Tottenham make swap offers for Liverpool's Keane
Liverpool striker Robbie Keane is the subject of swap offers from two Premiership rivals.
Keane only played eight minutes in Liverpool's draw with Wigan last night.
The Telegraph says yet another blow for Keane is likely to encourage his suitors, Manchester City and former club Tottenham, that they can prise him away from his boyhood team before the transfer window closes. Both are thought to be preparing cash-plus-player deals, Spurs offering Aaron Lennon and City Brazilian playmaker Elano.
But Rafa Benitez is adamant he wants to hold on to the striker, saying: “I think Robbie will stay, yes. We wanted to keep the pace of Ryan Babel so we brought other players on. Then when we needed a player to work between the lines we brought Robbie on."
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Matches
| Home | Away | Score | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sat Feb 11th | |||
| Manchester United | Liverpool | 2 - 1 | 12:45 |
| Everton | Chelsea | 2 - 0 | 15:00 |
| Swansea City | Norwich City | 2 - 3 | 15:00 |
| Aston Villa | Manchester City | - | 15:00 |
| Fulham | Stoke City | 2 - 1 | 15:00 |
| Blackburn Rovers | Queens Park Rangers | 3 - 2 | 15:00 |
| Bolton Wanderers | Wigan Athletic | 1 - 2 | 15:00 |
| Sunderland | Arsenal | 1 - 2 | 15:00 |
| Tottenham Hotspur | Newcastle United | 5 - 0 | 17:30 |
| Sun Feb 12th | |||
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | West Bromwich Albion | 1 - 5 | 13:30 |
| Aston Villa | Manchester City | 0 - 1 | 16:00 |
Tables
| Team | P | W | D | L | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manchester City | 25 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 45 | 60 |
| Manchester United | 25 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 36 | 58 |
| Tottenham Hotspur | 25 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 53 |
| Arsenal | 25 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 43 |
| Chelsea | 25 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 43 |
| Newcastle United | 25 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 42 |
| Liverpool | 25 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 39 |
| Norwich City | 25 | 9 | 8 | 8 | -4 | 35 |
| Sunderland | 25 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 33 |
| Everton | 25 | 9 | 6 | 10 | -1 | 33 |
| Swansea City | 25 | 7 | 9 | 9 | -4 | 30 |
| Fulham | 25 | 7 | 9 | 9 | -5 | 30 |
| Stoke City | 25 | 8 | 6 | 11 | -14 | 30 |
| West Bromwich Albion | 25 | 8 | 5 | 12 | -6 | 29 |
| Aston Villa | 25 | 6 | 10 | 9 | -5 | 28 |
| Queens Park Rangers | 25 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -17 | 21 |
| Blackburn Rovers | 25 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -19 | 21 |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | 25 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -21 | 21 |
| Bolton Wanderers | 25 | 6 | 2 | 17 | -22 | 20 |
| Wigan Athletic | 25 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -27 | 19 |
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DOG tania>>"gerrard's team mates r letting him down" SNIFF-SNIFF>>it always gets back 2 EXCUSES.---Ur point about Nadal & Fed would have been a valid 1 IF liverPOOR were a champion team--but they're far from it.---U SEE Nadal & Fed are BOTH champions>with lots of slams between them=they're not PRETENDERS like liverPOOR R.---AND where would gerrard & liverPOOR be without reina's crucial saves??? mascherano's tough tackling??? Xabi alonso's passing??? Torres's powere up front??? I'll say again>FOOTBALL is a "team game" DOG=clubs WIN&LOSE TOGETHER=gerrard is not excluded from this.---if gerrard stays at liverPOOR and wins nothing again? then it's because HIM & HIS TEAMMATES DESERVED 2 win NOTHING.---on Ur last comment DOG>I had NO idea U were so against Benitez...>IT JUST SHOWS WHAT IT MUST BE LIKE LOSING ALL THE TIME=HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA%%%
Lets be honest if Joe Kinnear or anyone for that matter was manager we'd be in a similar spot to the one we are in now. Our best start to a season was down to the fact that our competitiors had bad starts. I dont think rafa is doing anything that some other manager couldn't do. His team selections are way off the mark far to often for my liking. We've been saying for too long to play the strongest team whenever possible, I think he disrespects the lesser teams and it comes back to bite us so often. 3 seasons ago now I think Red Nose was using similar tactics against the lesser teams and getting beat and dropping points, he gave it up and the next year they win the league. To be honest I don't think our squad is good enough to compete in all competitions, we don't have the same depth of quality as Chelsea or United. We are in 3rd place because we have the 3rd best team, we aren't able to exceed our ability half enough unlike particularly Man U who choke opposition into submission more often than not. We seem to adopt an approach of lets see what happens every game, where as they break teams over 90 mins we seem to have no purpose in our play. All I really want to see is entertaining football at Anfield, we aren't playing attractive football, it would make not winning the league easier to take at least if i enjoyed watching the games.
deemus, mate what are you talking about? why sing all these praises for rafa? do you appreciate his style of play? do you appreciate his over cautious approach to a beautiful game that deserves to be played as beautifully going forward as strong at the back? do you like to see 2 dmfs + 4 defenders and add 2 wingers to that who have been stuffed with "defensive duties" in the head by rafa? i think gerrard's saved him the job a number of times, for which he takes the credit but he's really not fair with the duties an attacking team.Im not in favour of sacking rafa at the moment but he needs to change a great deal of things and whats making fans wanting him to go is his egotistical approach to the game, his persistence of doing what most managers wouldnt, desperately trying to sign players only average teams want, not giving the young talent a chance, his time and again unsuccessful efforts to prove just what a genius thing it was to sign kuyt, lucas and some others.. just dont get why so many pool fans are blindly in love with him!
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