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Levy unhappy with Keane sale

29 Jul 2008 - 08:25:42

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Unhappy Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy believes his club were pressed into an enforced sale of Robbie Keane to Liverpool.

The Republic of Ireland international completed his £20.3million transfer to Anfield on Monday evening, but it was a deal that Spurs certainly did not desire.

Spurs have dropped their complaint to the Premier League over Rafa Benitez's public pursuit of Keane, but Levy said: "I was incredibly disappointed when I first heard, not only that Liverpool had been working behind the scenes to bring Robbie to Anfield, but that Robbie himself wanted to go and he submitted a transfer request to this effect.

"I have already made my opinion clear on the nature of this transaction.

"I don't regard it as a transfer deal - that is something which happens between two clubs when they both agree to trade - this is very much an enforced sale, for which we have agreed a sum of £19million as compensation plus a potential further £1.3million in additional compensation."

Spurs have also lodged a complaint about Manchester United's pursuit of Dimitar Berbatov.