In his first interview as a Liverpool player, Robbie Keane has hailed his move to Anfield as a ‘dream come true’.
Keane was also delighted to have been handed the number seven shirt, a shirt made famous by Reds legends like Kenny Dalglish and Kevin Keegan.
‘To wear that shirt is an honour, and something I truly understand. If I can have half as much success in it as Keegan and Dalglish did, I will be a happy man,’ said Keane.
‘I’ve been waiting for this day since I was a kid. Everyone knows I am a massive Liverpool fan, so to be sitting here today in a Liverpool tracksuit is a dream come true.
‘Maybe you never feel it is going to happen. I could have come here as a teenager, but chose Wolves because I felt there would be more chance of immediate first team football, and that proved to be the case.
‘Now I am enjoying every minute and I can’t wait to pull on that red shirt.
‘This is a massive club and want to do everything I can to make them even more successful.
‘The reasons I left Spurs are that I am a huge Liverpool fan and the chance to play for them may never come around again.
‘This opportunity is something I couldn’t let go. I am at an age now when I believe I am at my peak, and aim to kick on.
‘This is a great opportunity now for me, the whole package that Liverpool has to offer really inspires me.
‘I am just grateful to be here. I love the club and this is the one dream I had still achieve.’
‘I do not think I let Spurs down. I had six fantastic seasons there and gave them everything. Since day one. I always give everything, and that will never change.
‘The Spurs fans were always magnificent to me and I will always have a place in my heart for them.
‘But this is a new chapter in my life and one that I am looking forward to.’
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