No Red Car For Soccer Star

Irish soccer superkid Robbie Keane,on his way to a multi-million pound fortune at 20 years of age following his transfer from Coventry City to Italian giants Inter Milan,could face a problem because of his superstitious side.

Most top Italian football stars drive Ferraris - one of the symbols of the nation - and red is the traditional colour.

But Robbie's mum Anne has warned him that red cars are taboo!

Anne,who lives in Dublin,was advised by a crystal ball gazer never to allow anyone in her family to possess a red motor.

And Robbie heeded her warning in January 1999 when he was given a new car by sponsors.

Hotshot Robbie,who was playing for First Division side Wolves at the time,remembered what his momma said.

He picked BLACK for his swanky sponsored £18,000 Honda CR-V off-road vehicle.

It was given to him on loan for a year by a local garage in Wolverhampton.

Robbie had been driving for only a year.

The Honda was his second car - the first was a shamrock green Fiat Bravo.

Robbie,who regularly visits his mum in Dublin,said at the time of the Honda deal "My mother went to see a fortune teller.

"She said if anyone in the family was getting a car,tell them not to get red,so I took it into consideration."