KEANE BACKS RONALDO

Last updated : 15 August 2003 By Editor
"I had heard one or two rumours about him before last
Wednesday but the quality really showed through that night,

"He is a big strong lad and his movement was excellent. He
really looks a hell of a player and we were talking about
him so much afterwards I think Ryan started to get a bit
worried.

"In tight games you need players who are capable of going
past an opponent, which is obviously why the manager went
after Ronaldinho.

"That deal didn't quite happen but we are always in the
market for a player like that and it looks like we have got
one.

"The new arrivals are probably what we needed if we are
going to challenge for trophies,'' Keane told MUTV.

"Towards the back end of the Champions League we had the
weakest squad of all in terms of numbers and we had to make
sure it didn't happen again. With the signings and the young
lads coming through, now I think we have the strongest squad
I have known since I first came.''