Keane moves on loan to Celtic

Ireland skipper Robbie Keane left Tottenham Hotspur for Celtic on loan yesterday, a year after rejoining Spurs from a short-lived spell at Liverpool.

Keane, 29, who scored nine times for Spurs this season including four in a 5-0 win over Burnley in September, originally joined the London side in 2002 and netted 91 goals in 226 appearances in his two spells at the club.

Manager Harry Redknapp used Keane as part of a rotating strikeforce with Jermain Defoe, Peter Crouch and occasionally Roman Pavlyuchenko but he has been allowed to leave on loan following Eidur Gudjohnsen's arrival at White Hart Lane last week.

"It's a good move. Robbie needs to play," Redknapp told Sky Sports. "He's too good a player not to be starting here regularly. He wants to play all the time.

"It's difficult to guarantee Robbie a starting place. He's not a happy man when he's not playing regularly."