Frustrated Robbie keen to stay in Premier League

SO it was a pre-match press conference for the Ireland skipper and then off into the city centre for a meet and greet with the president of the United States of America — not quite a normal day in the life of Robbie Keane, then.

“A bit surreal,” he agreed with a grin, as he contemplated his urgent schedule at lunchtime yesterday.

Much less certain is Keane’s longer-term future as he arrives at the end of a miserable season for first Spurs and then West Ham with no clarity about where he’ll be playing next time around.