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Robbie Keane wants Tottenham return

On-loan Celtic striker Robbie Keane has confirmed he intends to start next season back at Tottenham.


The 29-year-old has impressed since arriving in Glasgow on transfer deadline day last month, prompting talk the Hoops could seek to keep him at Parkhead.

But Spurs boss Harry Redknapp insisted on Friday there was 'no way' he wanted Keane's loan to be extended and the player himself does not see himself staying in Scotland beyond this season either.

'I've got a three-year contract at Tottenham so I will go back there in the summer,' he told www.skysports.com.

'It's just a loan move and always has been.

'I've got a lot of friends down at Tottenham and I miss the lads - I speak to them all the time and they are doing well at the moment.

'I also miss the tea ladies - they are very good down there!'

Redknapp told the Scottish Sun on Friday: 'I don't see us loaning Robbie out again.

'We paid a lot of money for him. So it's not something I see happening. It would obviously be up to the chairman but I couldn't see it being a possibility.

'I certainly would not want it to be happening.

'Robbie's only on loan until the end of this season as far as we're concerned.

'We want him back so in my mind there's no way of another loan deal.'

 
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