by LFC2007 » Tue Sep 02, 2008 12:43 am
With the signing of Robinho I think City have now joined Villa and Portsmouth as the best three teams outside the top four.
Surprised at the signing initially for obvious reasons, but it's more understandable when you consider his demeanour/attitude in that interview he did a day or so ago. Rather than spend a season at odds with the club hierarchy, he probably thought 'feck it'. They had the money and have two quality Brazilian players already (probably his mates), and it was a chance to get out.
City simply got lucky with the circumstances. A last minute silly money offer for a player who desperately wanted to get out of there.
I'm just amazed Chelsea didn't pay the full amount, it was a case of arguing over peanuts for them.
It's worrying from our point of view when we're fecking about with the likes of Riera, and City can come in and buy one of the best attacking players in world football for a British record fee.