Jumping out of his convertible car and bounding into a meeting room at Atletico Mineiro's training ground, Robinho breaks into a grin, puts on his finest impression of a Mancunian and shouts, 'Come on you Blues!'
'Ha ha ha!', he chuckles. 'This reminds me, I need to go to Manchester and see a Gabriel Jesus goal. Phwoar, what a player — strong, fast, a big hope for Brazil. But Manchester — how is Chappy (Les Chapman) the kit man? I need to see him. He taught me some English and I taught him Portuguese.