Keane looks for new challenge
attend a vigil at the Arena Conda in Chapeco, Brazil on Tuesday. LONDON: Beyond the many goals he scored and the titles he won, both as an individual and with his LA Galaxy teammates, there were certain things Robbie Keane especially enjoyed during five years in MLS.
There was the relative anonymity in America compared to life in the UK as a Premier League footballer.
“I could go out for a coffee and people wouldn’t have the first idea who I was,” Keane said this week, the situation helped by the fact that the gaze of the majority was being drawn elsewhere.
Even Keane admits to being utterly star-struck at times. “You could be in a restaurant with Lionel Ritchie to your left and Al Pacino to your right,” he said.
And then there were those moments at the school gates, Keane recalling one occasion when he discovered his son had befriended Mark Wahlberg’s little boy.
Football in LA is not going to mark the end of the story for Keane, however, because at 36 is says he is now looking for a fresh challenge.
He was prolific in helping the Galaxy win three MLS Cups; 104 goals in 165 appearances no less, earning him an MVP award for the 2014 season. And now that he has retired from international football after a similarly impressive career with Ireland — 68 goals in 146 games no less — he believes he still has plenty to offer potential suitors.
The interest, it is understood, is coming from Qatar, Australia, China and Dubai and Keane will accept the offer that most appeals to his competitive instincts and best suits his family.
“I enjoyed helping LA Galaxy achieve the success they had in my time there and I like the idea of helping another team achieve their ambitions before I call it a day,” he said. Daily Mail