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Robbie Keane of Spurs Legends during the match between Spurs Legends and AC Milan Glorie at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium(Image: 2025 Marc Atkins)

It has been a long-running joke throughout Robbie Keane’s career that whenever the former Liverpool striker joined a new club, he was fulfilling a ‘boyhood dream come true’.

Joining the Reds in the summer of 2008 was a ‘lifelong dream’, while he later admitted he had ‘always wanted to play’ for Celtic when signing for the Hoops on loan in 2010.

While it is hardly far-fetched for an Irishman to have grown up following both Liverpool and Celtic, the supporter joke stuck and followed Keane throughout the rest of his playing career - and indeed even into coaching.



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But perhaps not when it comes to legends football.

Keane was one of the first players announced to be playing for Liverpool Legends against Chelsea back in December.

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Yet when the teamsheet dropped on Saturday, and when the full squads were finalised last week, the Irishman’s - who represented the Legends against both Manchester United and Celtic in 2022/23 - name was absent.

It mattered not for Liverpool as a Peter Crouch brace on his Legends debut earned them a 2-0 victory over the Londoners.

It is not uncommon for players to be announced for Legends action months in advance, only for their schedules to then dictate otherwise as they quietly pull out.

Nothing to see here.

But it soon became clear why Keane was no longer available for Liverpool duty - he had received a better offer from elsewhere!

The 44-year-old instead turned out for Tottenham Hotspur Legends against AC Milan Glorie on Sunday, and actually scored a hat-trick in an emphatic 6-2 victory at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

Speaking to Sky Sports after the game, he said: “It’s always nice to come back and score a few goals in front of the fans.

It’s incredible.”

Admittedly, who can blame Keane for opting to represent Spurs instead, given he enjoyed his best years at the club.

While his Liverpool dream lasted only six months, as he scored seven goals from 28 appearances before being sold back to Tottenham, he scored 122 goals from 306 appearances in his two spells with Spurs over nine years.

Keane is a fully-fledged Tottenham legend as a result.

But given his tongue-in-cheek reputation, supporters could be forgiven for donning a wry smile after spotting the former Republic of Ireland international represent Spurs last weekend despite previously being announced by Liverpool.

The former Reds striker, who is now manager of Hungarian side Ferencvaros and recently signed Naby Keita, was not the only Liverpool Legend to miss out on playing against Chelsea despite being called-up.

Martin Skrtel was back at Anfield on Saturday and watched on as his former team-mates trained at the AXA Training Centre on Friday, but explained on Instagram that injury had ultimately forced his hand.

Posting a team picture ahead of kick-off, with the Slovakian still lining up alongside his peers in Reds training wear, he wrote: “I ended up not playing in the Saturday Match of Legends 2025 between Liverpool and Chelsea because of an injured calf muscle.
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