Statement of Intent..at last!!!

Every year we say it and every year we're proved wrong but this year liverpool FC look capable of finally making a serious title challenge. The addition of Irish captain Robbie Keane is a clear signal that Rafa Benitiez means bussiness this season.

Unlike in January it looks as if Rafa has been backed in the transfer market as he has made many big money moves for players and now Keane looks like being the finishing touch.

For me Keane has stepped up in the last two years from a decent Premiership striker would get you 10 goals and half a dozen assits into a player who is one of tyhe most feared in the divsion. His creative play and vision is up there with Wayne Rooney and he has a preditory finish when given the chance.

The introduction of Berbativ has only strenghtened his game and it is generally known that he likes playing with a big man uptop e.g Mark Viduka, Les Ferdinand and Niall Quinn. How he will adapt to playing with Fernando Torres will be interesting to see.

With the sale of Keane it sounds like same old Tottenham to me. After beating Chelsea the club have peatered away and showed very little ambition in the second half of the season.

There ambition has been confirmed by this weeks sale of Keane and if they were to loose Berbatov as well, well then Juande Ramos would have a job on his hands. I've heard noises that David Villa wants to leave Valencia and wants to play for Spurs. However the London club haven't submitted a bid for the player who is estimated to be worth around 30 million.

Ff the player wants to play for the club then Spurs would be mad not to go for him as he would be the perfect foil for the Bulgarian striker and a great replacment for Keane.

However it wouldn't surprise me if we saw the same old from Tottenham this summer and they lie down and let the top four walk all over them.