Brazilian pledges his future at Eastlands, well sort of.
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Manchester City’s Brazilian forward Robinho has told BBC Sport that he sees his long-term future at the club and denies that he is looking to move away.
The 25-year-old joined City from Real Madrid in August 2008 for a British record fee of £32.5m but has been linked with a move to Barcelona.
“I am very happy here. I think I [will] stay here five years or 10 years, I don’t know,” he told Football Focus.
“My family is very happy, the fans love me and I love the fans.”
Robinho has started only four league games this season, an ankle injury picked up while on international duty in September having sidelined him in recent weeks.
The link with Barcelona has intensified while he has been out of action and in October he was quoted as saying he was happy about the link to the Camp Nou, although he denied trying to engineer a move to Barca.
Despite his career at Eastlands not quite hitting the expected heights so far, Robinho has stressed that he is content with life in the Premier League.
“I am enjoying playing English football. It is very beautiful,” he added. “With every game I play, I feel more comfortable. I hope to continue playing football in England for a long time.” (BBC Sport)
Now what are the odds that Robinho now leaves in January? The Brazilian may well be pledging his future to the club but did the complete opposite a couple of months back when he essentially left the door open to a move to Barcelona but now that he appears to be happy with life at Eastlands he apparently doesn’t ever want to leave.
This must greatly confuse Mark Hughes who purchased far too many strikers in the summer as if preparing for the time when the former Real Madrid man decided to up sticks and leave. The 25 year old attacker is supremely talented and the kind of player that has you on the edge of your seat and is something of a cult hero but one does wonder what planet he lives on.
Put a fiver on him wearing a new club shirt come the end of January.
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anonymous - December 11th, 2009 at 10:55 am
“This must greatly confuse Mark Hughes who purchased far too many strikers in the summer as if preparing for the time when the former Real Madrid man decided to up sticks and leave.”
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We only have 4 strikers at the club, you cock end. Robinho plays on the left, if you haven’t noticed, and has done all his career.
We’ve got Robinho!
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anonymous - December 11th, 2009 at 11:00 am
To be fair Robinho does also play, and did for most of last term, as a striker. Also I think that the Brazilian is confusing us a little with his statements. I love him being at the club, but remember he has made noises about wanting the club to bring in quality players, and now we have done so, so hopefully he will stick around.
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anonymous - December 11th, 2009 at 11:53 am
Well he’s either off in January or barca have said they ain’t interested
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anonymous - December 11th, 2009 at 12:06 pm
I was going to say there is going to be thousands of people a fiver light by taking your advice. But then, of course, no one will.
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anonymous - December 11th, 2009 at 2:09 pm
Robinho doesnt suit to Premier League
he better turn in Brasil, he is not comparable at all with Tevez
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anonymous - December 11th, 2009 at 3:00 pm
I see Robinho has done the Adebayor by confusing everyone. Robinho didn’t even want 2 come 2 City in the first place. He needs 2 say I want 2 stay or I want go, u have 2 till him 2 commit or its over
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anonymous - December 11th, 2009 at 3:00 pm
Robinho has played just about all of his City games on the left of a 3 or 4, never as a striker. He’s said several times in the past that he doesn’t want to leave but people choose to ignore him every time he says it, just like you’re doing now.
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anonymous - December 11th, 2009 at 4:20 pm
to the knob head who said weve got robiniho your the cock you utter nob jockey the waste ov money has only played 4 times and werent all that last season cock end
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anonymous - December 11th, 2009 at 4:22 pm
typical city cos they got dough fools ther paying more for average players than the top 4 would eva pay 25mill adebayor hahahahahahahahahaahahha what a joke and it will continue until you hit champs league spots
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anonymous - December 11th, 2009 at 4:24 pm
1 win in 8 but youve got robiniho class line m8 haha small club mentality
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anonymous - December 11th, 2009 at 8:53 pm
why would any football fan not want to see robiniho play in the prem league robiniho had a good season last scored a lot of goals not bad in his first season unlucky this season but he his working on his game to bring is workrate up to prem level
some very sad comments from people who don’t have a clue
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anonymous - December 12th, 2009 at 11:15 am
Typical Citeh mismanagement….too many competing strikers, too little respect for players signed to compete with each other. Citeh has the potential to break into the top four if they can play together for more then 1-2 games over a stretch. This guy sees the writing on the wall and as January approaches, he knows Hughes might bring in more overpriced,overhyped “superstars” like he did with Adebayor to kick-start Citeh’s campaign. Therefore, he knows he will get less NOT more playing time. Therefore Barca look a very nice move indeed…I bet his agent is pushing his portfolio like crazy to the Catalans. remember, he needs lots of EPL or LaLiga playing time to get selected to the Brazilian squad, which is far from a sure thing at the moment.
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