KopTalk.com Forums Football Liverpool FC Forum Can anyone explain the Robbie Keane situation?

It defies logic.

He has not set the world alight since joining, granted.

But again today, for a crucial game, which was obviously going to be tight, and the likelihood of your needing a bit of magic or creativity to win the game, was always going to be high.....

....Keane was overlooked, this time even for a place on the bench, in favour of a 19 year old French rookie, who has yet to start a Premiership game for us.

Contrast Keane's situation with Kuyt's, for example.

He has been consistently poor / average for 2 months now, since the Bolton game away, yet he is always first name on the teamsheet it seems, and rarely ever taken off.

Keane bags two against Bolton on Boxing day, and we all lick our lips in anticipation of his Liverpool career kicking off in earnest, and he has hardly gotten off the bench since....

I am at a total loss to explain it.

Has he had a massive bust up with Rafa?

If not, it is surely only a matter of time.

Can anyone shed any light?

Absolutely bizzare isn't it. £20m can't even make the bench.

It has to be Rafa proving a point.

If you believe the latest whispers, Rick Parry broke the bank to buy Keane at a time when the boss wanted Gareth Barry. It's even claimed that Rafa tried to block the Keane signing until he had Barry.

It has been stated that the boss didn't agree to pay that much. Go to www.koptalk.co.uk and at the top of the site search Keane and you will get some updates

Mysterious injury p'raps?
Strange how nothing official has been said though.

Rafa did say today that he wasn't injured.

Rafa is just proving a point I think he has made it aware that Keane wasn't really his signing and that he wanted Barry more than Keane. Maybe he is proving a point to the board that he will only play who he wants in his team.

I have to agree Keane was not a Benitez buy, Morientes was and even though he hardly ever impressed at Liverpool, Benitez still persisted with him game after game after game.

I want Keane to succeed but more importantly I want us to play with two strikers upfront and proper wingers, although I feel Riera has been a good signing.

Agreed Steve, i'm sure Raffa is trying to show to the yanks that he should be given total control of transfers to avoid making blunders like paying 20 million for someone who's not worth it...

For me Keane was always a strange signing but when has Rafa alluded to the fact Keane wasn't his choice? I obviously realise Rafa preferred Barry.

I don't know if anyone can confirm that but if he was at home then my guess is that he would have been watching.

all he needs is more time on the pitch with torres...... he's a quality player that we should be using especially at the moment whan we are struggling to score goals. this is not a good way of rafa proving a point.....whats best for the club should always come first