Sport 15-12-2000 West Ham Keane Bid Fails who: West Ham United what: Fail in £10million bid for Robbie Keane where: Upton Park, LONDON when: Yesterday snippet: "West Ham have had a £10 million offer for former Coventry striker Robbie Keane rejected by Inter Milan," reports The Telegraph today. Hammers manager Harry Redknapp said: "I don`t know if they really want to sell the boy and I`m not sure if he wants to leave." Keane left Coventry for Milan for £12 million in July "and seems determined to compete for his place among a plethora of international strikers at the Serie A club," says The Times. The bid "was actually approved by Inter but Keane, 20, pulled the plug on the deal at the last minute," claims The Sun. "He wanted to hang fire to see whether Leeds were going to come in for him," says the disappointed Redknapp, who aims to spend the £18million from the recent sale of Rio Ferdinand on two "top-class players" to put West Ham back in the top flight. "They are a big club who are in the Champions League. I can see why the lad wants to keep his options open." [... more]

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