Roy Keane in the transfer market: Hits and misses

23 April 2009 14:31
HITS [LNB]Dwight Yorke: Fee: Free from Sydney FC [LNB] Related ArticlesIpswich and Keane: Q&ALife and times of Roy KeaneKeane...in his own wordsDaily Bung: Keano back in businessClegg agrees Ipswich roleKeane hits TownKeane's first signing and his shrewdest. Used his experience to consolidate Sunderland's Premier League status last season but now age is finally catching up on the 37-year-old player-coach. [LNB]Jonny Evans:Fee: Loan deal from Manchester United. [LNB]Proved that Keane had an eye for a fine player by impressing in two loans spells that propelled Sunderland to promotion and turned him into a first-teamer at Old Trafford. [LNB]Kenwyne Jones: Fee: £6m from Southampton. [LNB]The best signing of the Keane era after Mido snubbed his advances in favour of Middlesbrough. Expect Tottenham to trade him for Darren Bent this summer. [LNB]Anton FerdinandFee: £8m from West Ham. [LNB]Finally showing signs that one day he might join big brother Rio in the England squad with performances of growing stature and discipline. [LNB]Andy Reed Fee: £4m from Charlton. [LNB]He might look like a Sunday league players and while he might not be the speediest around, the banjo-playing midfielder is graced with a touch and creativity that has been a rare commodity at the Stadium of Light. [LNB]MISSES[LNB]Greg HalfordFee: £2.5m from Reading [LNB]Keane should have known better on the right-back who was offloaded by Steve Coppell after failing to make the grade at the Madejski Stadium and is now plying his trade as a striker at Sheffield United. [LNB]Andrew ColeFee: Free from Portsmouth. [LNB]He'd scored everywhere he'd played before being reunited with Keane and then his proud record was ruined because he'd fallen off the proverbial football cliff. [LNB]Ride PricaFee: £2m from FC Aalborg. [LNB]Never looked the part but still he scored a goal in one of his six games in red and white stripes before heading back to Scandinavia in a cut-price deal. [LNB]Pascal ChimbondaFee: Undisclosed from Tottenham. [LNB]Failed to acclimatise in the North-East and his homesickness earned him a return to White Hart Lane after his tardiness saw him axed by Keane, that stickler for punctuality. [LNB]David HealyFee: £1.2m from Fulham. [LNB]Struggled to replicate his international goal-scoring prowess. Chances limited by the presence of bigger hitters in the Sunderland side and expected to be offloaded this summer. [LNB][LNB]Keane's signings in full:[LNB]2006/07[LNB]Liam Miller. Free. Manchester United Dwight Yorke. Free. Sydney FC Graham Kavanagh. £500,000. Wigan Stanislav Varga. £550,000. Celtic David Connolly. £1.4m. Wigan Ross Wallace. £550,000. Celtic Lewis Nyatanga. Loan. Derby Jonny Evans. Loan. Manchester United Marton Fulop. £500,000. Tottenham Carlos Edwards. £1.4m. Luton Anthony Stokes. £2m. Arsenal Danny Simpson. Loan. Manchester United Stern John. Undisclosed. Coventry [LNB]2007/8 [LNB]Craig Gordon. £9m. Hearts Paul McShane. £2.5m. West Brom Dickson Etuhu. £1.5m. Norwich Kieran Richardson. £5.5m. Manchester United Michael Chopra. £5m. Cardiff Greg Halford. £2.5m. Reading Roy O'Donovan. Undisclosed. Cork City Russell Anderson. £1m. Aberdeen Danny Higginbotham. £2.5m. Stoke Kenwyne Jones. £6m. Southampton Ian Harte. Free. Levante Andrew Cole. Free. Portsmouth Phil Bardsley. £2m. Manchester United Rade Prica. £2m. FC Aalborg Andy Reed. £4m. Charlton Yves Mvoto-Mvoto. £300,000. Paris Saint-Germain [LNB]2008/9[LNB]Nick Colgan. Free. Ipswich George McCartney. £4.5m. West Ham Anton Ferdinand. £8m. West Ham Pascal Chimbonda. Undisclosed. Tottenham Teemu Tainio. £4m. Tottenham Steed Malbranque. £5m. Tottenham David Meyler. Undisclosed. Cork City Djibril Cisse. Loan. Marseilles David Healy. £1.2m. Fulham El-Hadji Diouf. £2.5m. Bolton [LNB] 

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