The Brazilian playmaker believes he would have ended up at Stamford Bridge rather than Manchester City had the Blues not jumped the transfer gun
Robinho claims a proposed move to Chelsea failed to materialise because Real Madrid “didn’t like them selling shirts with my name on before the deal had been done”.
The Brazil international had been heavily linked with a switch to Stamford Bridge prior to the summer deadline in 2008.
He did make his way to the Premier League in a big-money deal, but ended up heading to Manchester City.
Robinho and Chelsea were left frustrated at a failure to get an agreement over the line, with then boss Luiz Felipe Scolari having worked hard to talk his countryman into a west London adventure.