前曼联队长罗伊·基恩将在15日晚些时候或16日同苏超凯尔特人队正式签约，结束自己自上个月离开曼联后的“无家”生涯。

    据路透社12月15日报道，上述消息已经由英国多个媒体争相报道。英国《卫报》在当天报道中称基恩将同凯尔特人队签订为期1年零8个月的工作合同。为此基恩14日夜已经在格拉斯哥接受了膝盖扫描检查。《卫报》在解释基恩最终决定加盟凯尔特人队的原因时认为，虽然包括英超埃弗顿和博尔顿以及西班牙皇家马德里等多家俱乐部都对他感兴趣，但基恩在选择球队时并不希望加盟那些同曼联有直接竞争关系的俱乐部，因此英超并不在他的考虑范围之内。据基恩经纪人肯尼迪透露，基恩不愿意去西班牙的原因还是在于家庭的考虑。爱尔兰人非常不希望因为自己的原因而让自己的小家受到影响。

    据悉，基恩在凯尔特人的工资为周薪2万英镑，这要比他在曼联时的周薪减少了大约7万英镑。不过凯尔特人俱乐部老板戴斯芒表示希望能用其他方法对此加以弥补。

    谈到基恩的加盟决定，凯尔特人俱乐部主席戴斯芒表示：“我本人当然愿意看到基恩来这里效力，但这不是我所能决定，这其实是主教练做出的决定，同时也是基恩自己的决定。有很多事情都不是我所能控制的。”

    据报道，基恩将在明年1月在苏超联赛中首次亮相，其对手为赫斯队。目前在苏超积分榜上，凯尔特人队积18分，排名榜首。

    Roy Keane was last night in Glasgow having a scan on his knee as he moved closer to signing an 18-month contract with Celtic. It is understood Keane is prepared to take a ? 70,000 a week cut on his Manchester United wage, instead taking a salary of only ?20,000 per week. However, it was reported that a percentage of the shortfall in Keane's wages will be made up by Celtic's largest individual shareholder, Dermot Desmond.

    Keane is expected to be unveiled at Parkhead today or tomorrow and should make his debut for Celtic at Hearts on January 1 - with Keane's first Old Firm game coming in February at Ibrox. Keane can expect almost the same level of sectarian vitriol from Rangers fans as his new team-mate Neil Lennon receives.

    By New Year's Day it will have been 3? months since Keane's last United game, the 0-0 draw against Liverpool at Anfield. Keane departed that game two minutes from the end, his 12-year United career ending in a challenge with Steve Gerrard. It was almost another two months before Keane left Old Trafford for good.

    There was a time when every powerful club in Europe would have fought for Keane's signature but over the last month Everton and Bolton Wanderers as well as Celtic have been most persistent contenders. Real Madrid were also interested and could offer glamour and prestige on a par with United but it is uncertain how far negotiations between Keane and Real reached. Michael Kennedy, Keane's advisor, said the player had been concerned about the implications of a move abroad for his young family.

    Everton and Bolton both held a certain appeal, in that Keane could remain based in the north-west and Bolton may have been able to offer a player-coach role. But he had expressed reluctance prior to leaving United about being able to play for another club in England.

    Celtic, meanwhile, had established their interest with Kennedy on the Friday morning it was announced that Keane was leaving United and they remained in contact as Keane examined the options available to him. "I'd love to see Roy Keane playing for Celtic myself," Desmond said recently, "but that's not my decision, it's the manager's decision, Roy Keane's decision. A lot of it is out of my control."