New Star Robbie Keane

Rafa, Would You Say Robbie Was Your Main Transfer Target This Summer? Well He Is One Of A Number Of Very, Very Good Players In The Premier League. He Is A Player Who Is Settled, Is A Good Professional, Has A Good Mentality And Any Manager Would Be Really Pleased To Have Keane In Their Squad. Does This Show That You Are Having A Re-Think In Terms Of The Attack, With Crouch Gone And A Very Different Player In Robbie Keane Coming In? Robbie Is Very Clever So He Can Play Alongside Torres Or Kuyt As Well As The Other Strikers. Our Idea Was To Bring In Someone Who Could Link Up With Gerrard, Torres, Kuyt Or Babel That Can Be Good And Clever And If They Have Chances, They Will Take Their Chances. I Think He Is This Type Of Player. Do You See Him As More Of A Versatile Forward Rather Than An Out-And-Out Frontman? Yes, I Think He Also Played Out On The Right-Side At Tottenham As Well As Up Front. As I Said Before, He Is A Clever Player And As I Said Before, If You Have This Type Of Player It Makes It Better For The Manager. You've Done Quite A Bit Of Business Already. Do You Feel That Shows That You've Had Good Backing From The American Owners? Yes I Think So. I Think We Are Trying To Improve The Squad By Buying And Selling Players. Every Year We Try To Improve The Squad And This Year We Have Reduced The Gap And We Will Try To Be Closer And Closer Each Season. The Media Is Speculating That The Gareth Barry Deal Is Dead. Is That True? I Think That Today We Need To Enjoy Being Able To Welcome Robbie Keane Here. So We Will Try To Enjoy Today. Is The Barry Deal Something That Might Happen? Keane Is Here And I Am Happy. You Face Another Friendly In Villarreal Tomorrow. Is That A Chance To Step It Up Against Quality Opposition? Yes I Think That Villarreal Is A Very Good Team. The Board Is Really Good, The Chairman Is Fantastic And Everyone Has Been Doing A Fantastic Job For Them Over The Past Few Seasons. That's The Reason They Are In The Champions League And Why They Were Near The Top Of The League In Spain. They Are A Good Example For Small Teams. I Remember Them From When I Was In The Second Division. It Is A Fantastic Club. What About The Premier League Title - Is That What You Are Ultimately Aiming For? Yes. I Think Everyone Has The Same Idea. We Try To Improve The Squad Every Year, We Try To Reduce The Gap. We Try To Be Closer And Sometimes We Have Done Well In The Champions League. People Say But What About The Premier League...We Want To Win Every Trophy. We Will Tyr To Win The Calring Cup, The Fa Cup, The Champions League And The Title. If You Cannot Progress In One Competition You Must Focus Another. You Have To Do This. Scolari Is On Record Saying He Thinks Chelsea Can Win All Four Next Season. How Do You Compete Against The Likes Of Chelsea? I Think That I Am Very Clear. I Don't Like To Say Things That People Will Later Say: 'Oh But You Said This...' We Are Improving The Squad Every Year. We Are Trying To Be Contenders In The Premier League, We Are Trying To Progress In The Champions League And The Other Competitions. We Have Won Some Trophies, We Have Been In Some Finals And I Was Surprised When Some People Say: 'You Haven't Won Anything In The Last Few Years.' To Finish Third And Fourth In The Premier League And To Play In The Final Of The Champions League And The Semi-Final Is Good And Important. It Can Be Better For Sure, We Want Medals And Trophies But You Can Only Win One And In This Case We Were Talking About United And Chelsea Playing In The Final Of The Champions League And They Are At The Top Of The Premier League; So This Is Maybe The Most Difficult League But We Will Try To Improve Again.