sorry but this deserves its own thread. what is this guy playing at? Chelsea i could understand, but Manchester City? mental.
sorry but this deserves its own thread. what is this guy playing at? Chelsea i could understand, but Manchester City? mental.

£££££
^exactly
football is getting ruined :-(
is getting?
It's been fucked for years.
CHRIST ON A STICK!
loadsamoney
plus after everything he said about not wanting to stay at real, he basically had to go
RASSsss CLEEEET
just think about this:
chelsea outbid by man city.
insane.
their owner is 10 times richer than abramovic
scary
im gonna miss chelsea being replaced
as britains most hated club by Man City.
nah
City will always be the loveable rogues
that didnt make sense.
Im gonna miss Chelsea being the most hated club in the country.
Im still in shock that we let City outbid us though.
just wait till robinho runs riot over chelsea's defense
terry will be forced to tears. it will be majestic.
He'll wet himself and fall over
whenever Carvalho goes near him. Christ, imagine what will happen when Vidic finally gets to play against him...
^ this
it's an amazing signing for a club like Man City but I wasn't actually sure about him joining Chelsea, I'm not convinced he'll set the Premiership alight.
i really dont think hes that good
he can do a few stepovers sure but i dont think he is strong enough for the premiership.
saying that i havent watched much spanish football for a while so he might be the dogs bollocks
.
chelsea weren't outbid (wasn't a question of money)
real vetoed any move to chelsea because they were angry about how the chelsea directors had acted
so it wasn't that we wern't prepared to pay the fee?
christ, I fucking hate Real.
chelsea didnt need robinho anyway
a top class striker is all thats needed
I know that, I've laready said that I don't want him
I just hate Real Madrid and the way they behave. Kenyon isn't much better but Calderon fucks me right off.
*already
strange typo
I don't think he's that good either
obviously got great individual skill, but was never a regular for Real and always seemed to come off the bench (and not do a lot) for Brazil. Maybe feeding off long punts down the field from Richard Dunne is what he needs.
Presuming Man City do go the way of Chelsea, it will be well funny if Shaun Wright-Phillips ends up stuck on the bench again.
Having said that, I'm happy for Manchester City. They've always had a passionate, loyal and genuine set of fans. They deserve this injection of money as much as anyone else. Bravo. Imagine if they had decided to buy Newcastle?
Maybe now they really are a "massive" club.
They've got salt and pepper on their hotdog stand
and don't you forget it
Source?
A Chelsea press release says differently, and sources at Real have confirmed that no Chelsea bid over the last few weeks equalled that City made
This pleases me
so we wern't prepared to match their inflated value of him.
It's probably
a combination of the two. Certainly Chelsea's bid didn't equal City's (although City would have had to go in high with so little time left to get their offer accepted so they could still negotiate with the player). Certainly Real's rhetoric from Sunday suggests that they wouldn't have considered even an improved offer from Chelsea during this window.
Possibly
I still think an equal bid to City would have tested that (hilariously hypocritical) resolve. I suppose it is feasible that Real could see Chelsea as rivals and a threat.
Have you seen what Real said about the deal? Something like 'Robinho's decision to join City proves the move did not happen for football reasons'. Ouch.
Yeah
just saw that. It's probably a valid point - by the end of the saga, Robinho just wanted out of the club. It's not really that surprising given that he'd basically made his position untenable.
There possibly is a certain amount of not wanting to sell to Champions League rivals as well, particularly since Real didn't have a replacement lined up.
That's 11th place
guaranteed for Man City this season then.
i'd be flabberghasted if we didn't finish at least 5th.
The team we've got now's good enough to win the majority of games until January. Then we'll just buy the world. I think the owner said yesterday "The target's to establish ourselves as a top four side within the next three years, and to win the league within 5-10. There really is no limit to the transfer budget, there's no player in the world we can't afford to buy, i've got very deep pockets". I like this guy, i'll be honest.
I heard that when the new investors took over
They promised to win the champions league in 3 or 4 years time. Seems like a tall ask for me.
^
That is the claim doing the rounds today
i'd agree
but Chelsea were one kick away from achieving just that.
best thing about the whole thing is:
Regarding the takeover, no due diligence has taken place. No ratification by the Premier League has taken place. The whole thing could still fall through
Regarding Robinho, only the transfer fee has been agreed. No medical has taken place. No personal terms have been agreed. The whole thing could still fall through.
Regarding Mark Hughes, how much of a part do you think he played in this whole fantasy football game. He could walk. Which probably matters less as he's basically the new Ranieri, only less funny.
^ this
The takeover could fall through later this year and Man City would still have to pay for Robinho.
Oh, how I would LOL
not a problem.
We could sell Micah Richards for a similar fee. Problem solved.
think about that for a minute
:D
Brilliant.
Man City are gonna fuck this up though aren't they?
It's tradition that Man City can't get stuff right and I'm sure they'll fuck up the richest club in the world thing somehow or other.
Mark Hughes to be linked with some magic beans
in January
At least they'd then get a big guy upfront...
^ i enjoyed this
thanks.
Absolutely.
I think that's why it's so exciting. If the club has had chance to fuck anything at all up, certainly over the last thirty years, they they'll do their best to do it. It wouldn't surprise me at all if this Sheik fella owned a tap factory in Bradford, or something.
To be honest I think we (Chelsea) were ina better position to buy players
We already had Champions League football when Abramovich came in, it might take City a bit longer to buy a super squad to challenge on all fronts.
I've wondered this
But getting Robinho in less than 24 hours for a British record fee is a lot more immediately impressive than what Chelsea did initially, which was to buy Glenn Johnson and Joe Cole. They've got over the first hurdle, which is to prove that one of the world's top players is actually prepared to join Man City (and whatever your reservations are about Robinho, and I certainly have mine, he's definitely widely regarded as a top name) so the effect could be exponential from here on, especially if they make another big signing in January.
Did Robinho really want to join Man City?
I doubt it
do any footballers especially want to go anywhere?
They're earning a living.
Top class
players can earn a living anywhere. On top of that, some have phenomenal personal ambition or phenomenal greed.
In Robinho's case, it can only be the latter.
And anyway, what's to say he'll successfully adapt to the Premier League? Shevchenko, for example, was shocking for Chelsea.
you're assuming that...
if he'd have signed for Chelsea he'd have won major honours, and that in signing for City he definitely wont.
yes
i am
I'm not sure how much it matters.
To be honest I think this signing was basically the metaphorical equivalent of the new owners showing how large their penis was.
I suspect the significant thing was to show they could spend £30million-plus and get a highly-rated international from Real Madrid as it'll show their serious and help 'em in future transfer dealings. If he's any cop as a player for 'em that'll just be a bonus.
I seem to remeber him saying that he wanted to join Chelsea
I don't actually understand your point, in fact do you even have one?
Absolutely.
He wanted to join Chelsea because they were the biggest cash cow, now they're not.
Nope
He wanted to join Chelsea becuase of Scolari and a chance to win major honours, plus we're actually in the Champions League (with a chance of winning it). He'd be on mega bucks anyway, that extra money wouldn't be a factor.
If Chelsea had bid for him and Real accepted the offer, he would be a Chelsea player.
The very small chance that he's such a money grabber that he'd choose City means that football doesn't matter enough to him, therefore he would probably be a poor signing anyway.
I strongly suspect
both Berbatov and Robinho were told that bids had been accepted by "Manchester"
with hilarious consequences
Robinho will...
...just get confused when he terms up to training only to find his new home kit isnt red.
I reckon
he'll now join Chelsea next year as, by the sounds of things, Real wouldn't sell him to Chelsea as they were being dicks about it all.
As soon as the Man City owners realise that one or two signings won't win them the league overnight they'll have to sell him as he'll want Champions League football.
I think he'll end up at Chelsea...
but i'm not sure City's owners will be arsed one bit by that, because realistically, even without CL football they'll get whatever players they want. As Paul said above, it was just about setting a marker down, it doesn't matter a jot if he does sod all once he's here.
I agree
I don't think they'll have a complete free run of the market as some (probably a minority) players are more about football than money.
he may well have failed to adjust to the premier and chelsea not want him by then
it is all about real being dicks about it.
The biggest thing this has highlighted is how ridiculous the transfer window is. Basically Robinho had decided he wanted to leave. but was only allowed to decide, at the last minute, whether he wanted to go to Manchster City or to stay where he was.
not much of a choice.
anyway: Shaun Wright-Philips LOL!
yeah poor robinho
or not
in this case
fair enough, he got himself into this siuation. but if he was being offered as part of a deal to buy ronaldo, you can't really blame him.
in any other industry, you couldn't force staff to stay like that. Or only give the option of one specific competitor that you don't consider a threat.
i'm sure the billion pounds a week wages he'll be getting
will numb some of his inner turmoil, the poor man
So I take it
that every club will now travel to the Middle-Eastlands to play City this season???
man city look to have a pretty decent squad now
Kompany, Elano, Petrov, Wright-Phillips, Richards, Jo, Johnson, Robinho, Hart, Sturridge, Zabaleta and Ireland are all quality players, I think they could just sneak a 4th place finish this season and maybe win the UEFA Cup.
Robinho/Hughes interview just on Sky.
Robinho in baseball cap & suit, looking non-plussed.
Hughes creaming in his pants.
Pretty funny.
robinho is on £160k a week.
I earn 0.3% of what he earns a year before tax. :(
that's paper talk.
The likes if
Johnson, Sturridge, Hart and Etuhu's first team / squad places are under huge doubt come christmas.
We've become another top flight team where home grown talent isn't going to have a very good chance of getting on the pitch.
Yup.
I don't know where i stand on the whole thing, tbh. The long-term interests of the club are my primary concern, i'd be glad with us being a mid-table or even non-PL club, bringing kids through, doing things right, but when we do that you kind of crave for a bit of success, no, and the only way of achieving success in the modern game is by selling your sole and getting ridiculously huge investment. I'm not sure how i feel, we're football fans, whatever happens we'll be unhappy.
It's true
the premiership has become an arms race over who has the most money. Shinawatra's money put us on a level playing field with the top 4 financially, with wise spending and good management we could have sneaked a 4th place and from then on developed through success. It would still have been down to the money but we'd have done it at least half right. (I'm putting aside the human rights abuses and dodgy dealings here)
Yesterday's buy out has turned us into the footballing equivalent of the US. Theoretically we can easily afford to buy United, wind them up and turn Old Trafford into a huge public urinals.
Robinho Interview:
"Many people said I chose to join City because of their economic power rather than for football reasons but that is not true at all. The truth is that I had better personal financial offers from other European clubs such as Chelsea & Inter Milan. I could have made more money by going elsewhere.
City are not only one of the best English clubs of all time, but they also have such a great current squad! It will be a huge privilege to play alongside footballers such as Didi Hamann, Jo and Micah Richards every week.
The club have also said that I will play in the number 10 shirt this season, which used to belong to another legend of the game, Francis Lee. That's another honour which I feel very proud about. Despite all this excitement I prefer not consider myself as a first-team player until I prove myself. I will fight for a place and try to earn the title.
There is a great deal of competition for places in attack with Bojinov, Jo and Sturridge here at the moment, and a lot has been said about it, but the coach Mr Hughes has said that he plans to use me as a striker. All I can do is work hard to guarantee my own place in the team. We are all professionals and know how football works. Competition is healthy for the players and it can only help the club in terms of quality and motivation.
City have not won an important trophy for three decades, so I know the fans will be expecting a lot from the players now. I am ready for that pressure, especially because in Santos & Madrid things were not that different even after we had won titles. I know how to handle pressure. For any player who is in the national team we face pressure even in practice sessions.
For me, I see it as a dream to wear City's shirt and I'd rather relish it, instead of fearing the challenge. The club has put a lot of their trust in me and I am looking forward to repaying it as soon as possible.
Out of the main European leagues, I think the English is best, and suits players with skill & pace. That's why I don't think it's going to be a problem for me to adapt my game, especially because teams like City play such attacking football.
The fact that the club also has a lot of Brazilians in the squad might also make things easier. I am really looking forward to my time in England. I haven't come to spend just one season at City that's for sure. I want to stay here for a long time and win a lot of trophies. I intend to be the best player in the world within the next four years and to match all the expectations around my name.
Fortunately English does not seem to be a difficult language to learn and Anderson has told me that Manchester is a fantastic city to live in, too. I really can't wait to start discovering the city and I am also really anxious to get to know my new team-mates. I am a guy who loves to joke, but maybe it might be wise to wait a bit until I start taking the p*ss out of my team mates, especially because I am little guy! However, after I am settled in, the lads won't escape my good humour!"
.
"The club have also said that I will play in the number 10 shirt this season, which used to belong to another legend of the game, Francis Lee."
Oh dear.