Manchester City Star Robinho Would be “Happy” to Seal £35m Barcelona Move
by Christian Bailey on September 8th, 2009 7 commentsCould the samba star be set for a La Liga return?
Robinho has left the door open for a possible move from Manchester City during the winter transfer window after admitting he is “happy” at interest shown by Barcelona and insisting that it is “not easy to say no” to the European champions.
Barcelona have been searching for a left-sided attacker since the end of last season’s treble-winning campaign and their coach, Pep Guardiola, continues to insist on the need for reinforcements after the summer window shut without the club signing anyone in that position. Robinho has emerged as the strongest candidate. Guardiola is an admirer of the Brazilian and Barcelona believe a deal can be struck.
Asked last night about Barcelona’s interest, Robinho, who is on international duty, said: “It’s not easy to say no to a club like Barcelona. They are European champions, they’re in a lovely city and I like Spain a lot. I have always wanted to play at clubs like Barcelona. It’s a great club, any player would be happy for them to show an interest. I’m happy that Barcelona have taken notice of me. Who wouldn’t like to play alongside Xavi, [Andrés] Iniesta, [Lionel] Messi, [Zlatan] Ibrahimovic and all the rest. I like Barcelona; they’re a great club.” Robinho has been left as the most accessible of Barcelona’s targets after they failed for a variety of reasons to sign David Silva, Arjen Robben, Franck Ribéry, Ashley Young or Valencia’s Juan Mata. (Guardian)
Well this is interesting and will simply add further fuel to the speculation that Man City could well decide to offload Robinho either for cold hard cash or as part of a swap deal. Some possible player exchanges include Thierry Henry (highly unlikely) and Leo Messi (just impossible).
Mark Hughes may feel that keeping the Brazilian at the club if he wants to leave would be a waste of time and given the club has a host of attacking options perhaps allowing his to leave for a large sum, reportedly in the region of £35m, may be a wise choice.
Robinho has had a mixed time of it at Eastlands where he started last season with a bang but has been a little rusty since.
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anonymous - September 8th, 2009 at 11:10 am
You don’t think Henry is retarded do you? or Messi for that matter
sure they’d be playing all the time but who cares man city are pushovers
anonymous - September 8th, 2009 at 11:20 am
anon fuck off your the retard !!!!! go and write about your own shitty club arsenal utd ect fuck off and leave city alone you cunt
anonymous - September 8th, 2009 at 11:35 am
I think robinho will definitely want to leave city if the buying ban is placed on city… But yeh is robinho trying to become reals most hated player ever or what? He ditched real for city and now he wants to leave them to join barca.
Lincoln burrows - September 8th, 2009 at 1:26 pm
of course he will be happy… 10% of that fee is £3.5m. Heck I’d walk to Barcelona for that amount of money. The sooner he leave the better.
anonymous - September 8th, 2009 at 3:47 pm
barca dont have 35million to spend in january
anonymous - September 8th, 2009 at 8:33 pm
I think robinho has to make any decision he wants, after all he has good skills to play soccer as the main player in any club he wants to.
anonymous - September 9th, 2009 at 6:37 am
Robinho is better off with barca bc if a player don’t fell good playin where they at now is better for then to pic the team they want. And city never goes to the champions league so barca is better for him.(robinho).