Retirement Not On The Horizon For Robbie Keane

07 June 2013 01:24
Keane not even thinking about retiring

Former Coventry City forward Robbie Keane has said that he has no plans to retire.

Keane is the only former City player in the Republic Of Ireland side to face the Faroes Islands in a World Cup Qualifier and the game will be his 126th cap.

But the LA Galaxy forward has no plans to retire and told the BBC: "I have certainly got no intentions of retiring at this moment in time.

 "I love doing it, I love training every day.

 "When you get older, your desire and your hunger are even more so because even though I don't feel I am coming to the end - because I am not, I still have at least another five, six years left in me - you know you are not that young lad any more.

 "People forget I am 32 years of age, it is not like I'm 34, 36 or whatever.  "People are talking about David Forde being in the squad and he's a newcomer, but he's 33 years of age.  "I am a year older than Wes Hoolahan and he's a newcomer; John O'Shea is the same age as me.

 "As long as I have the hunger and desire, there's no reason for me not to [keep playing]. I will retire when I stop scoring goals."

More on this: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/22805938

Source: Coventry MAD

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