Keane set for dramatic Spurs return after Liverpool accept £15m bid and Real Madrid forward Javier Saviola will replace Keane's position.

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Tottenham had a £15million offer for Robbie Keane accepted by Liverpool on Sunday night and he is expected to sign on at White Hart Lane on Monday.

It will complete one of the most spectacular deals of the transfer window.

Just six months after Keane’s £20.3m move north, the striker left out of Liverpool’s squad for the 2-0 victory over Chelsea at Anfield on Sunday will return, giving Spurs a £5.3m profit on the deal.

Sportsmail understands Keane’s £90,000 a week salary was proving to be problematic but a solution has been found.

Tottenham’s highest paid player is Jonathan Woodgate on £70,000 a week, although £20,000 of that is still being subsidised by his former club Middlesbrough as part of the arrangement to sell him last January.

Spurs have also asked to take highly-rated Inter Milan forward Mario Balotelli, 18, on loan.

Liverpool, meanwhile, will attempt to take Real Madrid’s Argentina striker Javier Saviola on loan.

Spurs manager Harry Redknapp is still coming to terms with a serious foot injury to Jermain Defoe and fears the club are back in a relegation battle following the 3-2 defeat to Bolton on Saturday.

Keane has told friends he was reluctant to quit Anfield after just six months, but Spurs chairman Daniel Levy was at his persuasive best in the final hours of the transfer window to complete the deal.

Liverpool threatened to report Redknapp to the Premier League after he spoke in glowing terms about the forward last week and relations had remained frosty.

Sunderland are still interested in Darren Bent but Tottenham are reluctant to let him go until they confirm at least one striker coming in.

Spurs may also make a late £5m bid to sign Reading’s Stephen Hunt to solve their problem left midfield position.

Hunt has a £5m escape clause in his contract and Spurs will have to pay the fee up front after Reading snubbed an offer from Wigan of a £2.5m down payment with the balance to be paid in instalments.

Champions League: Liverpool 1-0 Marseille

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Liverpool 1 - 1 Atletico Madrid

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Steven Gerrard drove home a controversial penalty four minutes into injury time to salvage a dramatic point for Liverpool.

Atletico will believe they were robbed of a place in the last 16 by the referee Martin Hansson's hotly disputed penalty award for a debatable foul on Gerrard by Mariano Pernia.

They had led from the 37th minute following a cleverly constructed Maxi Rodriguez goal and frustrated Liverpool at every turn. But Gerrard never gave up and his penalty eventually spared Liverpool's blushes and both sides should advance to the last 16.

Fernando Torres failed to even make the bench, missing his sixth match since picking up a hamstring injury while on international duty last month.He cut a disconsolate figure in the directors' box having also missed the chance to play at his former club a fortnight ago.

From that match Liverpool left out Andrea Dossena and Yossi Benayoun, bringing in Fabio Aurelio and Dirk Kuyt, while Luis Garcia and Florent Sinama-Pongolle were also left on the bench by the Atletico manager, Javier Aguirre.

Liverpool started with pace and desire and could have scored in the first minute when Kuyt's close-range effort was grabbed by Leo Franco.

Another chance went begging when Xabi Alonso's superb 40-yard pass found Robbie Keane arriving at pace on the edge of the box, but the Irishman's fierce drive thudded into the side netting.

Madrid were not slow to hit back and should have scored four minutes later. Pernia got to the byline and pulled back a cross but Simao hooked it over the bar from six yards.

Another two Liverpool chances then went begging, Riera's touch into the box almost set-up Gerrard as he surged into the area and Keane was denied by Franco when he tried to round the Argentinian goalkeeper.

Atletico were also producing some quality football and scored an outstanding goal after 37 minutes. Antonio Lopez broke down the right, taking a long pass with a superb first touch to confound Daniel Agger. His pass into the box found Rodriguez moving into space away from Jamie Carragher before firing a shot across Jose Reina and inside the far post.

Atletico had looked calm and controlled in the first period, but came out for the second half having to defend in front of the Kop.

Liverpool were instantly at their throats. After just 60 seconds Luis Perea flicked the ball away from Keane with his right hand in the box, but Hansson ignored the appeals.

Agger then saw a header drop on to the roof of the net as Liverpool cranked up the pressure.

Ryan Babel was now on for Riera, Liverpool almost camped in Madrid's half with Atletico looking for the break to settle it. Surging runs from Simao and Diego Forlan emphasised the dangers.

Liverpool almost grabbed the equaliser after 70 minutes when Arbeloa and Keane combined to set up Gerrard, but the captain's shot just cleared the angle.

Maniche was booked for a foul on Arbeloa before Liverpool sent on David N'Gog for Keane. However, at the same time Madrid sent on their brilliant Argentinian striker, Sergio Aguero, in place of Forlan.

Lucas replaced Javier Mascherano but the danger of a devastating Madrid break was there every time Aguero got the ball.

N'Gog's control let him down a couple of times, but he forced Franco into a near-post save that produced a corner from which Agger saw another header go agonisingly wide.

Carragher got in on the act with a run and drive that Franco touched over, before a minute from time Luis Garcia came on, to a great reception, for Simao.

Still Liverpool looked unable to break through, until the fourth minute of injury time, when Gerrard went down in the box under an aerial challenge from Pernia.

He made no contact with the ball but it was a debatable decision and Gerrard picked himself up to drive home the penalty and ruin Madrid's night.

Luis Perea, Aguero and John Heitinga Lopez were all booked in the uproar that followed but Liverpool had their fortunate draw.

Liverpool 1 Portsmouth 0

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It needed a Steven Gerrard penalty to make sure Liverpool beat Portsmouth 1-0 and did not waste the tremendous victory it achieved at Chelsea at the weekend.

That win put Liverpool top of the Premier League, and a slip-up against Portsmouth would have been a disaster for the Anfield men.

Tony Adams, in his first match in command of Pompey following Harry Redknapp's departure, saw his side push Liverpool all the way.

But Gerrard's spot-kick with 15 minutes left kept Liverpool top and extended its unbeaten run to 16 matches this season.

Liverpool made four changes from the side that claimed top spot in the Premier League by beating Chelsea on Sunday.

Daniel Agger, Javier Mascherano, Robbie Keane and Albert Riera were all rested to the bench, with Sami Hyypia, Jermaine Pennant, Ryan Babel and Lucas coming into the side.

New Pompey boss Tony Adams also made changes from the side that drew with Fulham last time out.

Jermain Defoe and Richard Hughes were on the bench, with Sean Davis and John Utaka in midfield and former Liverpool striker Peter Crouch on his own up front.

There was an air of expectancy around Anfield following the Stamford Bridge success and Liverpool had Pompey under pressure from the start with some fine, flowing, football - much of which was aimed at getting Pennant into space on the right.

The passing was quick and the movement the same, with Liverpool looking like it was going to grab the lead plenty of times in the opening spell.

After 10 minutes Pennant and Alvaro Arbeloa combined to find Dirk Kuyt just outside the box, and his fierce low drive was superbly turned away and onto a post by David James.

Lucas saw a header fly over the bar and Xabi Alonso sent a 20-yarder swerving wide of the left-hand post.

But slowly, Pompey's resilience took the edge from Liverpool's approach play.

Crouch was the sole target for much of Pompey's forward movement, winning consistently in the air but missing his strike-partner Defoe.

The visitors' first chance was headed wide by Younes Kaboul from Lassana Diarra's free-kick, and then Papa Bouba Diop missed a sitter.

Diarra's chip found the big midfielder unmarked six yards out, but he planted his free header straight into Jose Reina's grateful hands.

Liverpool responded with a Gerrard shot into the wall from a tapped free-kick, the ball dropping for Jamie Carragher to test James from 25 yards.

Kuyt had a couple more chances in the half, but Liverpool ended the first-half looking for inspiration.

Diarra was booked for a trip on Gerrard just outside the box after 49 minutes, but Alonso planted the free-kick into the wall.

Portsmouth was beginning to look comfortable, Sylvain Distin and Kaboul assured at the back.

Liverpool needed sharpness, urgency and accuracy with their passing. Hyypia saw a header flash wide and Lucas had an effort deflected past the target, but too many mistakes in possession from Ryan Babel and Pennant continually hindered the home side's progress.

Liverpool sent on Yossi Benayoun for an increasingly frustrated Pennant and soon after Pompey introduced Niko Kranjcar for Armand Traore.

Next into the fray was Riera, for Babel - and Liverpool increased the tempo.

Distin's block stopped Benayoun when Steven Gerrard had put him clear, and then James saved superbly from Gerrard's 25-yard effort.

Then after 75 minutes Liverpool got its breakthrough. Hyypia's header from Fabio Aurelio's corner was goalbound before Bouba Diop threw two arms into the flight of the ball.

Somerset referee Steve Tanner booked the Pompey midfielder and pointed to the spot, before Gerrard drove home the penalty.

Hughes came on for Diarra with 10 minutes left and four minutes later Defoe replaced Utaka as the visitors sought a point.

Robbie Keane came on for Gerrard in injury-time and almost got on the scoresheet in the final seconds - but there was only one goal in the game.

Chelsea 0-1 Liverpool

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Liverpool demonstrated their growing title credentials by ending Chelsea's 86-game unbeaten run in the Premier League at Stamford Bridge and moving three points clear at the top of the table.

Xabi Alonso's deflected 10th-minute goal gave Liverpool victory and shattered a Chelsea sequence stretching back to February 2004 on home turf.

It was a deserved triumph for Rafael Benitez's side – achieved without Fernando Torres – and the first setback for the reign of Luiz Felipe Scolari at Chelsea.

Chelsea enjoyed long periods of possession, but Liverpool never flinched and could have doubled their victory margin had Alonso's second-half free-kick not hit an upright.

Ashley Cole missed Chelsea's best chance after the break, allowing Liverpool to record a victory which is of huge significance in terms of their confidence and self-belief.

If this game was a measure of Liverpool's ability to finally mount a serious title challenge, then they will have left west London in the knowledge that they now appear to have the ability to finally challenge Chelsea and Manchester United in domestic battle.

Chelsea simply ran out of ideas in the face of a red wall of defensive resistance, with Liverpool's defence – led magnificently by Jamie Carragher – impenetrable.

Scolari's side opened with a surge of confidence, but took a real knock when Alonso gave Liverpool the lead.

He latched on to a half-clearance, and while his effort carried little power, a deflection off Jose Bosingwa was enough to wrong-foot Petr Cech.

The rest of the opening period was a tale of Chelsea dominating possession – but Liverpool were superbly organised and carried an ever-present threat of a second goal on the break.

Steven Gerrard almost provided it after 23 minutes with a dipping effort from 25 yards that required the fingertips of Cech to turn it to safety.

Javier Mascherano was offering Liverpool's defence fierce protection, and an atmosphere of frustration was growing around Stamford Bridge.

But Deco almost provided the equaliser nine minutes before the interval when Gerrard lost possession, and the Portugal midfielder advanced before sending a left-foot shot inches wide.

Chelsea may have enjoyed territorial superiority in the first 45 minutes, but the resilience Liverpool have demonstrated throughout this season ensured keeper Pepe Reina had not had any serious work to do.

Liverpool's increasing confidence was demonstrated at the start of the second half, with Gerrard pushed into a more advanced role in support of Robbie Keane.

There was a moment of anxiety for Reina after 54 minutes when he brought down Florent Malouda as he raced into the area, but the linesman's flag had already been raised.

It was Malouda's final contribution as Scolari made a double change, sending substitutes Franco di Santo and Juliano Belletti, with Salomon Kalou also taken off.

Liverpool sent on Ryan Babel for Robbie Keane – and they came within inches of doubling their advantage after 61 minutes.

Alonso's low free-kick left Cech motionless, but for Liverpool it agonisingly struck the base of the post and stayed out.

Cole, having already been booked, ran the risk of a red card with a needless foul on Babel, but the foolish intervention of Mascherano in an attempt to ensure he was sent off ended with a yellow card for the Argentine.

Liverpool had applied pressure points to Chelsea all over the pitch, and as the clock ticked down on their formidable home record, some of the calm and order that had characterised their play had disappeared.

But they fashioned their best chance of the game after 72 minutes, only for Cole to slice hopelessly wide when Di Santo knocked Frank Lampard's cross into his path.

Carragher defended heroically to block Deco, but Babel then showed his threat with a rising drive that was just inches away.

Chelsea pressed in the closing stages, but never in any convincing fashion on another day when Liverpool confirmed their growing stature.

Atletico Madrid 1-1 Liverpool

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Liverpool were forced to settle for a draw as Simao's late strike rescued a point for Atletico Madrid in the Champions League group stage clash at the Vicente Calderon.

The Portuguese winger struck in the 83rd minute to cancel out Robbie Keane's opener to ensure Atletico enjoyed a share of the spoils in the Spanish capital.

Liverpool dominated the opening forty-five minutes and took a 14th minute lead when Keane latched onto Steven Gerrard's through ball to dispatch a shot past Atletico goalkeeper Leo Franco.

Keane missed a glorious chance to double the visitors lead moments later and the home side began to threaten after the break.

Both sides had goals wrongly chalked off for offside by the officials but Simao capitalised on a rare mistake by Jamie Carragher with seven minutes remaining to drill a shot past Pepe Reina to send the Reds home with just a point.

The two teams continue to occupy first and second place in the group, with Los Rojiblancos topping the group by virtue of goals scored.

Liverpool will ensure a place in the last sixteen of the competition if they can beat Atletico in the reverse fixture at Anfield on November 4.

Rafael Benitez made two changes to the team that started against Wigan Athletic on Saturday.

Yossi Benayoun and Javier Mascherano returned to the midfield to join Xabi Alonso and Albert Riera with Gerrard supporting Keane in attack.

Carragher, Alvaro Arbeloa, Daniel Agger and Andrea Dossena made up the back four ahead of Reina in goal.

Atletico fielded former Liverpool players Luis Garcia and Florent Sinama-Pongolle.

The visitors settled quickly and took an early lead. Alonso dispossessed Pongolle in midfield and fed the ball to Gerrard, who released Keane with a precise through ball. The Irish international took a touch before netting with a neat finish past Franco.

Riera and Alonso both tested Franco soon after before Keane spurned a golden chance to make it 2-0 on 23 minutes.

The striker attempted to meet Gerrard's wicked cross with a spectacular flick but contrived to miss the ball completely, unmarked in front of goal, when a simpler finish would have surely sufficed.

On 38 minutes, Riera was booked by the referee for 'simulation' after he went down in the area under a challenge but TV replays later confirmed that contact had been made with the legs of the Reds' Spanish winger.

Atletico midfielder Maniche followed him into the book minutes later when he tried his luck at winning a spot-kick.

Former Manchester United striker Diego Forlan flashed a powerful drive across goal just before the break but Liverpool had been supremely comfortable.

Atletico were buoyed by the arrival of star striker Sergio Augero at the start of the second period but Liverpool had a goal incorrectly ruled out when Benayoun turned Gerrard's pass past Franco, only to see the flag of the referee's assistant raised.

The home side were victims of a bad decision at the other end when Forlan was flagged, although his effort was saved by Reina anyway.

Los Rojiblancos did have the ball in the back of the net on 57 minutes when Gioukas Seitaridis beat Reina with a curling effort but, again, the linesman wrongly ruled the strike out for offside.

A minute later, Reina produced a wonderful save to tip a low drive from Simao onto the base of the post as Atleti enjoyed their best spell of the game.

Benitez withdrew Gerrard on the hour mark, with Babel taking the Liverpool skipper's place, having earlier been forced to replace Keane with Dirk Kuyt after the Ireland forward picked up a knock.

Liverpool begun to assert themselves once more, having seemingly weathered Atleitco's storm and Alonso drilled a low shot just past the post before Kuyt slipped at a crucial moment having been played in on goal by Benayoun.

However, on 83 minutes, the home side drew level. A long ball forward was carried in the wind, causing Carragher to misjudge the flight of it. Forlan collected the ball and held off challenges from the Liverpool centre back and Arbeloa before squaring it across the box to Simao, who drove a low shot across Reina into the bottom corner.

Liverpool could have collected all three points at the death but substitute Ryan Babel headed Kuyt's centre the wrong side of the post from close range.

The result leaves Liverpool on course for the next round of the tournament and victory over Atleti at Anfield in a fortnight will see them through.

Final score: Atletico Madrid 1-1 Liverpool

Atletico Madrid: Franco, Seitaridis, Perea, Joshua, A Lopez, Camacho (R Garcia), Maniche, L Garcia (Aguero), Simao, Forlan, Pongolle (Miguel). Subs not used: Subs: Bernabe, Pernia, Heitinga, Paulo Assuncao.

Liverpool: Reina, Arbeloa, Carragher, Agger, Dossena, Mascherano, Alonso, Benayoun (Lucas), Gerrard (Babel 61), Riera, Keane (Kuyt). Subs not used: Darby, Aurelio, Cavalieri, Pennant.

Att: 44,500.

Liverpool 3 : Wigan 2

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Liverpool maintained its unbeaten home league record in 2008 with a stunning 3-2 comeback victory, but how Wigan made it fight.

The Anfield men are specialising in dramatic comebacks, and after Chelsea's 5-0 win at Middlesbrough earlier in the day, they knew they could not afford to slip up.

But they were twice behind to first-half goals from Egyptian striker Amr Zaki, his second an acrobatic volley into the Kop end.

Dirk Kuyt's first equaliser kept Liverpool in the game and it fought its way back to win, just as it had at Manchester City a fortnight ago.

Wigan battled for everything and the game turned on a red card for Antonio Valencia with 16 minutes left.

The Latics were down to 10 men and Liverpool powered forward, with Albert Riera grabbing the equaliser and Kuyt, with a slightly less clean version of Zaki's volley, securing maximum points for Rafael Benitez's side.

Liverpool was forced into four changes from the side which claimed a late fightback at Eastlands a fortnight ago with Daniel Agger, Robbie Keane, Andrea Dossena and Jermaine Pennant all coming in.

Fernando Torres, Javier Mascherano, Martin Skrtel and Fabio Aurelio were all out.

Emile Heskey, who revealed earlier in the week that a return to Liverpool would be 'lovely', was missing for Wigan with a hamstring strain, so Dutchman Daniel de Ridder came in.

Tackles flew in, there was pace and desire from Wigan and it had the bulk of the early possession.

Zaki gave Agger and Jamie Carragher plenty to think about, and the collision between Lee Cattermole and Steven Gerrard in midfield was uncompromising.

Jose Reina needed to be at his best when he had to beat away a drive from Olivier Kapo after a clever pass from Wilson Palacios had put him through on the left of the box.

Liverpool had not really threatened to this point, but almost scored when Riera's ball put Keane in on the left after 28 minutes.

He was forced a yard wider than he would have liked, and saw his angled right-foot shot just clear the far post.

Then within a minute, Wigan was ahead after a terrible mistake from Agger.

Reina tapped a routine pass out to the Dane, who was far too casual. He allowed the ball to bounce away from him enough for Zaki to pounce, win the tackle, and stride into the box to beat Reina with a shot into the bottom corner.

Agger knew he had to do something after that howler and atoned after 37 minutes when he came out of defence down the left before exchanging passes with Dossena.

He then went past Cattermole in the box before crossing for Kuyt to fire in the equaliser, his first home league goal since scoring against the same opposition in April.

Kuyt then hit the crossbar and Riera's towering header cleared the top of bar.

But Zaki had the final word of the half with a stunning scissors-kick from a Valencia cross which flew past Reina for a sensational goal.

Liverpool went searching for a second equaliser straight from the restart and it took a fine save from former Liverpool goalkeeper Chris Kirkland after 57 minutes to keep Wigan ahead. Pennant jumped over Keane's low cross from the left, and Kuyt's instant shot was blocked by Kirkland's left leg.

Riera almost set up Keane in the six-yard box before Gerrard lashed a 30-yard shot wide.

Liverpool was now gambling by throwing men forward, risking more danger from the robust, physical Zaki, who was more than happy to take on Carragher at every opportunity.

Gerrard side-footed a free-kick wide after a Wigan wall had failed to retreat far enough, and Valencia was booked.

Wigan was furious because it believed that Xabi Alonso's touch sideways of about a yard meant the kick had been taken.

But worse was to follow for Valencia. Soon after he was in trouble again for a foul on Alonso, and referee Alan Wiley showed a yellow and then a red card to the Wigan man.

That just inspired Liverpool to launch a new wave of attacks, and when substitute Nabil El Zhar crossed from the right after 79 minutes, Riera lashed home his first goal for the club.

Wigan deserved more, but with five minutes to go, Pennant crossed from the right and Kuyt hooked the ball down into the turf and up to clear Kirkland's stretching fingers.