Manchester City Finally Wash Their Hands of Robinho, the Lame Duck
Finally, after almost two years to the day, Manchester City have washed their hands of the great lame duck Robinho.
Its been a great mystery to the Premier League as to why the 32.5 million man failed to perform to his potential at Eastlands. While some might say it was the culture or the squad of City, it must be mentioned that Robinho was one of the first (and the most expensive) transfers to come in to the Blue Revolution after Sheikh Mansours takeover in 2008. After an impressive showing at Real Madrid in which Robinho was the teams 3rd highest goal scorer, it was almost a given that the boy-wonder would come into Manchester and take the world by storm. In fact, had Robinho done what was expected of him, he could easily be in Carlos Tevezs position lead striker and team captain. Yet, as the story goes, Robinho flopped. Refusing to acclimate to life in Manchester, Robinho became a lame duck not playing, making no impact, always complaining and still getting paid 150,000 a week.
But finally it has come to an end. In a deal that sees Robinho going to AC Milan, City will get 18million up front and 4 million more in add-ons. While its a near 10million loss for City, most of the supporters and especially Mancini are likely to see it as a blessing like removing a cancer that has been eating away at morale, team spirit and money.
Its very possible that the Brazilian striker will settle in nicely at the San Siro, however in the time being, I, like other City fans are just excited to see him go.
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