good one.

Robinho’s transfer saga is far from over and is quickly turning into a soap-opera. The latest development sees a bunch of contradictory statements released by Santos’ president and the Robinho camp.

Interviewed by Rádio Bandeirantes, Santos’ president had said that “The decision is final unless something changes from the other side. Milan have asked for a very reasonable figure, something less than €6m. However Robinho wants to earn an amount that is impractical for any Brazilian football club”.
The comments of the Santos President infuriated Robinho’s camp who in their own words, ‘Broke the gentleman’s agreement‘ to keep the details private and released a tell all account of the negotiations.
“Firstly, it is not true that Milan have agreed to a price of less than €6m. A representative of Robinho has always been the intermediary between Santos and Milan (Since a club,even one the size of Santos FC did not send any representative at any time to negotiate for the player.) The amount requested from Milan, although reasonable, was much higher than this.”
“We asked Milan who confirmed to us that they had no intention of reducing their price. Robinho has agreed to reduce his current salary by 35% in an attempt to return to Santos. If you include benefits and salaries, Robinho earns much more than what Santos proposed. Not proposed… Because there was never any concrete proposal.”
“According to the Santos President Robinho’s salary demands are ‘impractical for any Brazilian Club’. Let’s clarify some very important points.”
“For the last year and a half, the board of Santos has been trying to re-sign Robinho.”
“For the last year and a half, mostly through the Chairman, the Board of Santos has asked Robinho to help this ‘operation’ become a success so that the board can ‘meet the demands of the fans’.”
“For the last year and a half, the Santos board has been aware of the wages earned by Robinho. They knew that they’d have to seek extra funds to pay his salary.”
“For the last year and a half, the Santos board has asked for help in trying to convince Milan to accept a bid for Robinho. Only at the request of the player did Milan agree to this sale.”
“For the last year and a half, the Santos board is hoping that Milan would lower the price they want for the player.”
“For the last year and a half, since the Santos board showed interest in signing Robinho, he has not paid attention to any other offers from Brazil & abroad, choosing Santos exclusively.”
“Since the opening of the transfer window, the Santos board have expressed their desire to sign Robinho (and made long phone calls to the player, his representatives and even requested meetings with the player while he was on vacation), yet have failed to submit a written proposal to AC Milan. They only sent queries via third parties.”
“Now, after a year and a half of not making any effort or proper planning, the Santos President comes out and says that it’s all Robinho’s fault ?”
“Robinho has another year left on his contract with AC Milan and has received many offers from other teams to earn even more than he currently does. Even before dealing with Santos, he had the opportunity to renew with Milan itself.”
“The leadership of Santos had only one objective, how much is Robinho asking and how can they lower that..In figures, Robinho already gave up 35% of his current salary, per year, to return to play for Santos FC.”
“Not to mention, the permission he gave Santos for the use of his image for advertising campaigns (Currently exclusively his).Santos intended to pay a part of his salary using his own image rights (In effect, the player would be working extra just to pay his own salary). How many players would give up that amount every year ?”
“For journalists and fans who are calling Robinho a Mercenary, Would you would give up 30% or 35% of your current salary to go work for Santos FC or anywhere else? Would the President of Santos do that ?”
“Do not forget that the career of a football player is very short. Robinho will not be earning this salary for the rest of his life. He has perhaps 5, 6 and if no serious injury occur, maybe 10 years left in his career. He also has the obligation to maintain his wife, children, parents and dozens of family members(Do not forget that Robinho comes from an extremely poor family).”
“If by some misfortune, Robinho experience any problems or gets into financial difficulty, then who will sustain his home and his family ? The President of Santos? The Santos board ?”
“Unfortunately this is the strategy of the current directors of Santos: put the blame on the player. It was the same case when they tried to sign Ze Roberto,Nilmar, Deivid etc. Even With Ganso and Elano, the board of Santos did the same thing as they are trying to do now with Robinho. Began leaking requests from players, invented lies and always put the press and the fans against the players.”
“Just to remind the current Santos board and those who love to talk badly and have little memory- Robinho on his departure from Santos FC made them a profit of more than R$70m. He does not deserve to be treated like this.”
“Anyway, this statement is on behalf of Robinho who, like most humans, has reached his limit to silently tolerate such foolishness and injustice.”
“We apologize to the fans of Santos on behalf of Robinho. Unfortunately, it is totally impossible to reopen any negotiations for his return to Santos with the current leadership. However, Robinho continues to have the same affection and respect for Santos and the fans.”

It seems that Monaco might be interested in a double deal for him and Antonini.

Could dreams really come true???

It seems that Monaco might be interested in a double deal for him and Antonini.

Could dreams really come true???

It's just a rumor, not need to get so excited. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/huh.gif)