Oh, come on, this should be common knowledge by now.
That's from the interview in that club magazine, hardly a press smear. Two lines, two fraudulent claims to make people buy season tickets.
The way it's worded still suggests that the players are being brought to Keegan and he's just giving his blessing to it rather than it being someone he's picked himself. After all who is deeming someone 'the right player' if it's not Keegan?