ROBINHO RETURNS TO MAN CITY TO SORT OUT FUTURE

in EPL by Itai — July 26, 2010 at 7:49 pm | 9 comments

It has been reported that Manchester City is demanding Robinho return to England on August 5th to sort out his future at the club.

Robinho cost Man City £32.4 million from La Liga’s Real Madrid in August 2008, and played for the Brazilian club Santos and is still being paid £150,000-a-week.  It’d be nice to be Robinho, wouldn’t it?

At this point, it looks like there is no repairing the Robinho – manager Roberto Mancini fall out.

An ESPN Soccernet source close to Robinho stated: “Manchester City have asked Robinho to come back and report on August 5, the player has no choice, even though he wants to stay with Santos.

“He loves the lifestyle, the football, and the beach. He doesn’t want to swap that for the Manchester rain! There was an offer from Turkey, but it wasn’t enough money for City, and in any case could you see Robinho going to Turkey? Hardly. He wants to be back in Santos.

“That is his hometown, they love him there, he walks down the street and he is the biggest celebrity in town, and after training he’s straight to the beach. After a game, he’s back on the beach. The football is great for him, he can show off his skills.”

Man City is ready to unload the talented striker, but where to next is the question.

“With City he is expected to run for 90 minutes, if they pick him, that is,” the source added. ”He might be tempted to play for a club in London, though, if anyone could afford his wages, but they couldn’t.

“So, the big question is what do City do with Robinho, what can they do with him? Having invested so much money in the player it is a tricky problem for them.”

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