Roy Keane Feeding Frenzy
Sports reporters have taken to asking everyone they run into if their club is interested in signing Roy Keane. Hell, I’m interested in signing Roy Keane, but it doesn’t mean that I can. (No word yet, by the way, on if Boston United will throw their hat in the ring.) The best response I’ve seen so far was from David Moyes, who’s never less than a 12 on the 1-10 intensity scale: when a Sky Sports functionary broached the issue, Moyes said “I don’t think Roy Keane’s got anything to do with today’s game and he’s certainly not part of this conversation.” Oh, snap! When the reporter asked if the question was not a valid one, Moyes just stared at him. Alrighty then. (Of course, the fact that Moyes reportedly contact’s Keane’s agent makes his steely denials right just a bit false.)
Among those currently on record as being “interested” (basically meaning they’ve been asked) are: Celtic, who would pay him about 2% of what he was getting at Man U, Wigan, Man City, Pompey, Bolton, and Villa. Martin Jol of Tottenham, however, assures the press that his team is just fine. In fact, signing Keano would run “Against everything we believe.” Whoa, really? How so? Because you have a whole squad full of midfielders and have a policy not to sign more? Did that go into place after the Jermaine Jenas deal, then? I actually admire Jol for refusing to jump on the bandwagon, but imagine for a second Keane and Edgar Davids playing in the same midfield. My God! Other teams would turn and run.
Also, according to several Sunday papers, Keane signed a confidentiality agreement when he left Man U “preventing him from divulging any details of his departure.” Damn.
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Alan Hylands
Nov 20, 2005 at 2:37 pm
I think Keane and Davids even five years ago would have been enough to frightem the life out of every club in Europe but these days a couple of pacey whippersnappers would rip them to pieces. Well, for a couple of times anyway before one of the deadly duo went through them for a shortcut that is.
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