19-year-old Robbie Keane becameEngland's football's most expensive teenager at the time,Wolvesfrom £8 Completed 6 million transfers} to Coventryon this day in 1999.
Keen quickly established a reputation as one of the most feared strikers in the Premier League and subsequently the most successful in the history of the league. He is the only goal scorer.
Sky Blues hit a record amount after Keane scored his 29th goal in his two seasons with Wolves in England's second division of football.
This Irishman's price tag proved not to weigh heavily on his shoulders, and on his debut at Highfield he won 2–0 against the Derby at his road, Scoring both goals made an immediate impact.
However, Keane's stay at Coventry did not last long. After he made an impressive start at the club, scoring 12 goals in 31 appearances, Inter Milan spent his £13million taking him to Italy.
The youngster was unable to adjust to life in Serie A and in six months he made six appearances before Keane joined Leeds on loan in December 2000.
Robby Keane scored his 100+. Goals for Tottenham (Sean Dempsey/PA)
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was Tottenham. He moved to White Hart He Lane in 2002.
The Republic of Ireland international scored his 112th goal on two occasions for the club, apart from a less stimulating period at Liverpool. He appeared in his 306 games and won the league his Cup. 2008.
He was sent to West Ham on a short-term loan before packing up and moving permanently to his LA Galaxy in 2011.
Keane said he returned to England on loan at Aston in 2012. He also scored three top goals in his flight to the Premier League, where he scored 126 goals. and placed him 16th on the list of all-time top scorers in the league.
