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Published 09:50 20 Jan 2017 GMT
Updated 09:54 20 Jan 2017 GMT
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"If you're getting offered 400,000 a week, what do you do?"
The Republic of Ireland's record goalscorer said he has yet to receive an offer from China, but he does have several offers on the table.
"I've got a few offers in England and from abroad as well," Keane said.
"I've had to knock back a couple which were maybe a bit too far away. There's been a few offers from championship teams, but I don't want to mention too much. That wouldn't be fair to them."https://twitter.com/SportsJOEdotie/status/821269040069017600 Keane played down any links with Leeds United and Wolverhampton Wanderers, two of his many former clubs, and made no mention of a reported offer from Preston North End. "I've had a lot of people asking me about coming back to Leeds and Wolves," Keane said.
"And they're great clubs I've played for, but you can't go somewhere if people actually don't offer you anything "Until it's actually in writing to me I can't comment much on it, but I definitely haven't heard from Leeds or Wolves. "I'm back home in Dublin and training quite hard at the moment, so watch this space in the next couple of weeks and we’ll see what happens.”Well, on Friday, Preston boss Simon Grayson added fuel to the flames, by refusing to rule out a bid for the former Ireland captain.
"I'm not going to dismiss it, but I'm not going to say that the interest is full on," he told BBC Radio. "If Robbie Keane is available then he is a player that is going to attract a lot of interest from a lot of clubs.
"Would we be interested? I'm sure every club in the Championship would be looking forward to an opportunity speak to him."In fairness, if Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo were available Grayson would not rule them out. The problem for Preston is they have one of the lowest wage bills in the Championship and, wherever he goes, Keane is not going to go cheap.
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