{"id":561177,"date":"2020-08-07T04:50:28","date_gmt":"2020-08-07T08:50:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/?p=561177"},"modified":"2020-12-28T11:24:37","modified_gmt":"2020-12-28T16:24:37","slug":"richard-keogh-mk-dons-are-the-perfect-fit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/08\/07\/richard-keogh-mk-dons-are-the-perfect-fit\/","title":{"rendered":"Richard Keogh: MK Dons are the &#8216;Perfect Fit&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New MK Dons defender Richard Keogh has described the club as a &#8220;perfect fit&#8221; for him. <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/2020\/08\/06\/report-mk-dons-set-to-beat-ipswich-town-to-signing-of-richard-keogh\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">News broke yesterday<\/a> that the League One side were set to sign the former Derby County captain, and the Dons confirmed this morning that Keogh had joined the club.<\/p>\n<h2>MK Dons the &#8216;Perfect Fit&#8217; for Richard Keogh<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u270d\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MKDons?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#MKDons<\/a> have signed Irish international defender Richard Keogh.<\/p>\n<p>Full story \ud83d\udc49 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NxLEqOZkVp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/NxLEqOZkVp<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DonDeal?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#DonDeal<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gpFuRPhncW\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/gpFuRPhncW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MK Dons (@MKDonsFC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MKDonsFC\/status\/1291654059749830659?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 7, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Delight at Joining<\/h3>\n<p>In an interview with the club website, Keogh said he was impressed by the club&#8217;s vision as well as the job performed by Russell Martin to guide the club away from relegation last season.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mkdons.com\/news\/2020\/august\/keogh-is-a-don\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">He said<\/a>: <em>\u201c<\/em>Once I spoke to Russ and saw the vision and playing style he has \u2013 it just felt like the right fit for me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t be more excited, it\u2019s a fantastic set up here and I really believe in what Russ is trying to build here &#8211; I think it\u2019s going to be a perfect fit for me. When I saw he got the MK Dons job I was always keeping an eye out for how he was doing, to do what he did in the short space of time, to change the philosophy and the culture in that period was fantastic<i>.&#8221;<\/i><\/p>\n<h3>Others Were in for Richard Keogh<\/h3>\n<p>Dons boss Martin added that he wasn&#8217;t the only manager vying for Keogh&#8217;s signature. It was reported yesterday that Ipswich Town were in the race along with a number of other unnamed clubs.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cHe probably turned down more lucrative offers to play here and, for me, it\u2019s a massive signing and it\u2019s a statement from him to say he wants to be part of it. 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News broke yesterday that the League One side were set to sign the former Derby County captain, and the Dons confirmed this morning that Keogh had joined the club. 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