Editing Robbie Keane (section)

===Leeds United===
His Leeds career got off to an impressive start, scoring nine goals in 14 starts for the club before the Leeds manager, [[David O'Leary]], made his loan deal permanent in May 2001 at an original cost of £12&nbsp;million.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2000/dec/21/newsstory.sport7 |title=Leeds land Keane with £12m to follow |newspaper=The Guardian |first=Ian |last=Ross |date=21 December 2000 |access-date=4 April 2012}}</ref> The [[2001–02 Leeds United A.F.C. season|following season]] was not so bright, and he found himself dropping down the pecking order. His form suffered and he managed only nine goals in 33 appearances, three of them in a 6–0 [[EFL Cup|League Cup]] win at [[Leicester City F.C.|Leicester City]] on 9 October 2001.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/worthington_cup/1587349.stm |title=Leeds trounce sorry Foxes |website=BBC Sport |date=9 October 2001}}</ref>

Meanwhile, Leeds sunk deeper into debt and were forced to sell many players, with Keane joining the exodus when he was sold to [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]] just before the [[2002–03 in English football|2002–03]] transfer deadline for a fee of £7&nbsp;million.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/t/tottenham_hotspur/2227716.stm |title=Robbie Keane joins Spurs |website=BBC Sport |date=31 August 2002 |access-date=8 August 2014}}</ref>