Robinho out to make Chelsea pay
by Tom Kell, 07 September 2008
Robinho is keen to make Chelsea pay for their transfer dithering when he makes his Manchester City debut against The Blues, live on Setanta Sports.
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City’s surprise injection of cash allowed them to sneak under the noses of Roman Abramovich on transfer deadline day to complete an almighty coup in landing Robinho.
The Brazil international had been detailing his desire to leave Real Madrid for much of the summer, but previously insisted that Stamford Bridge was the only destination of interest to him.
However, he has now had a change of heart and is out to show Abramovich that he was wrong not to part with the extra funds needed to prise the player away from the Spanish capital.
"It is Real's fault that I did not sign for Chelsea but it is also Chelsea'a fault," he told The People.
"I don't think they 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."