Joy as Robbie Keane joins Celtic

ROBBIE Keane is on a mission to help Celtic wrest the Scottish Premier League title from Rangers this season after making a surprise loan move from Tottenham.

The Hoops pulled off arguably the biggest coup of transfer deadline day by securing the Republic of Ireland striker until the end of the season.

Lifelong Celtic fan Keane, 29, refused to look beyond that when asked if he would like to make the move permanent.

“I’m here until the end of the season,” he said.

“That’s as far as I’ve thought about anything.

“I’ll enjoy these few months of playing football, and that will involve winning as much silverware as possible.”

Indeed, so significant is Keane’s move, bookmakers immediately slashed the odds of Celtic overhauling Rangers’ 10-point lead in the SPL.

Keane said: “I’m not a betting man, so I don’t get involved in that.

“But, at the end of the day, I’m here to hopefully win trophies for Celtic and that is hopefully winning the league.

“I want to be part of that and I believe, with the squad of players that are here, there’s no reason why we can’t.”