Aston Villa boss Alex McLeish is delighted with their capture of LA Galaxy striker Robbie Keane.

Keane signed on-loan with Villa yesterday.

McLeish said: "We have been pursuing Robbie to bring him in with his extra experience in terms of the attack.

"I believe we could be doing with that when you see one or two of our players getting injured over the last couple of weeks.

"It does leave us a little bit short.

"We've got young kids trying to prove themselves in the Barclays Premier League but it's very scatter-gun the experience they are getting with 10 minutes here, 15 minutes there.

"I really believe we could be doing with that wee bit of experience that someone like Robbie provides."