Football: Bentley and Keane.. the face of modern transfers.Byline: Brian Reade Brian Reade is an award-winning writer who has two weekly opinion columns, one on sport, in the Daily Mirror. He is a left-wing republican with very outspoken views, and has interviewed many well known people, including Mohammed Ali. WE'VE learned a lot about the modern transfer system this summer. There is no such thing as a transfer between two clubs. It has to be a "tug-of-war". There is no such thing as a transfer fee any more. The amount paid is either "undisclosed" or "subject to addons", meaning unlike the first pounds 1million player we will never see the first pounds 100m player because no one will ever be told the truth about how much he cost. And it's now compulsory for every signing to reveal they have worshipped their new club since their first hour as a foetus. Not only did Robbie Keane Robert David "Robbie" Keane (born 8 July 1980 in Tallaght, Dublin) is an Irish footballer, who currently plays as a striker for Tottenham Hotspur . Club career Keane started his football career with South Dublin schoolboy side, Crumlin United where his talent was (left) and David Bentley
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