Scolari Phone Calls and Response on Robinho

It is Real's fault that I did not sign for Chelsea, but it is also Chelsea's fault," said Robinho, speaking the weekend after the London club refused to raise their offer above their original valuation of the player.

"I don't think they [Chelseaa] managed it very well. They waited until the last minute and it turned out badly for them. My head was at Chelsea, but now that is forgotten. I know Scolari is upset with me, but these things happen. When I play against them I will show that they were wrong not to raise their offer. City presented the offer five hours before the deadline and until then I had not been thinking about them at all."


Robinho says that all thoughts of joining Chelsea are now in the past, while his agent reveals how his move to Manchester City went right down to the wire.

Robinho’s agent, Wagner Ribeiro takes up the story: "I was just about to catch a flight to London [on the final day of the transfer window] when I got a call to tell me to come to the Bernabéu.

“I told Robinho then that he was a Chelsea player. We even celebrated the fact. When I got to the stadium the press asked me about City and I said no.

“It was 10.45 at night when [Real's director general José Angel Sánchez] asked me: 'Would Robinho play for Man City?'

“Chelsea kept on pushing until the very end. [Chelsea chief executive] Peter Kenyon rang me desperately to ask what was going on.

“But I was certain that Madrid and Chelsea wouldn't agree €40 million so I said yes to City. Their interest was a wonderful surprise.”





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"It is born out of hypocrisy and fundamental insecurity. There have been two kids on the block for the past 12 years. Suddenly, there is a third and that one is threatening to be more successful than the others and they don’t like it." P Kenyon.



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