£60m man - Liverpool ready to make Tottenham striker Keane one of the costliest players in football history with £20m bid - Sport

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That would take his career transfer value close to £60m, behind the likes of Chelsea’s serial transferee Nicolas Anelka (£85m) and Hernan Crespo (£68m).

Republic of Ireland skipper Keane is a life-long Liverpool fan and has made it clear he wants to move to Anfield.

Cashing in: Robbie Keane will become a £60m man

Liverpool would be his sixth club with the latest £20m capping a series of multi-million pound moves.

Coventry paid £6m to Wolves for Keane in 1999 and subsequent deals have seen him go to Inter Milan for £13m, Leeds for £12m and then Tottenham for £7m in August 2002.

Keane has scored 107 goals in 254 games for Spurs and bagged 33 goals in 80 Irish appearances.

Kop boss Rafa Benitez believes Keane will provide his side with much-needed pace up front alongside main striker and Spanish hero Fernando Torres.

Benitez has already offloaded towering front man Peter Crouch to Portsmouth to make way - although the Reds boss also still needs to offload Xabi Alonso to raise funds.

His expected move to Juventus has fallen down although Arsenal are now on alert.

A source close to Alonso said: 'If the decision was down to Xabi, he would make the move because Arsenal’s style is perfect for him.'