Time nearly up for Keane at Spurs

ROBBIE KEANE has predicted he will soon find a new home in the Premier League.

Speaking at yesterday’s press conference in Malahide ahead of the friendly meeting with Croatia, Keane strongly hinted that his days in limbo at Spurs are almost at an end.

“There’s a couple of weeks left in the window and it’s probably likely I will be going,” he said.

“I can’t answer where it is at the moment. There’s a lot of speculation but we’ll see what happens. I haven’t turned down anything. I think there’s a few people talking to the clubs but that’s all I can say at the moment. But I’m sure in the next couple of weeks it will be sorted out. It’s very unlikely anything will happen before the weekend.”

Keane denied that he’d ever expressed a preference for staying in London, which means that Blackburn Rovers will still be linked with a potential move for the Dubliner.

“I don’t know why this story keeps coming out that I want to stay in London,” said Keane. “I’ve never said that, I’m happy to go anywhere. It’s just about playing regular football and if that’s outside London I’m not too bothered.”

However, not for the first time, Keane insisted that he was not contemplating a demotion to the Championship.

“No. Of course the clubs have to agree a fee but, not being disrespectful at all to the Championship, if I’ve got an option to play in the Premier League, I’m going to take that. But there’s been no talk of any Championship team anyway.”