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Did Manchester City really sign Robinho? I still don't believe that it happened. Weren't Chelsea
supposed to sign him? Did Roman Abramovich really get out bid... by Manchester City? It has to go
down as one of the most amazing days in English Football history. First, Man City trumped Man U as
they signed Dimitar Berbatov, but then they didn't so they go and trump Chelsea to sign Robinho,
who Real Madrid had refused to part with.
The transfer window has now come and gone. And to a bit of surprise, Wenger signed no one,
although reports indicate he did make an effort to go after Xabi Alonso. In fact, the biggest
signings for us yesterday were the youngsters Kieran Gibbs and Mark Randall agreeing to contract
extensions.
The Alonso signing would be hard to pull off, because Rafa Benitez would be a bit off his rocker
to agree a transfer fee to a direct rival without getting much more than the player is actually
worth.
If press reports are to be believed, we could be on the brink of a new era in
football spending that will make Abramovich's Chelsea look positively frugal. I am of course
referring to the takeover of Manchester City on Monday by an Arab consortium estimated to be worth
around £650billion.
Real Madrid has sent Robinho to Man City and the only person more upset about the move than Ramon
Calderon is Mr. Abramovich. Real Madrid wanted to keep him, Chelsea so coveted him, but now the
young Brazilian is Mark Hughes' weapon. I doubt Calderon ever wanted to lose Robinho. Wanting
to get rid of a kid [.
The new dude in charge is Sulaiman Al-Fahim (right) and he says he wants to be the new
Abramovich.
Oh man, it should be crazy times in the EPL. Within hours of taking over, City had made bids on
Villa, Gomez, Berbatov and Robinho.
One deal became finalized, the one for the Brazilian that was the largest British transfer ever.
The salient feature of the Abu Dhabi royal family's takeover of Manchester City to this point has
been its combination of revolutionary terror and sincere incompetence. On the one hand, the thought
of yet another sudden exponential expansion of the role of money in football Abramovich turned into
a black-and-white TV on the day that color [.
Self-christened as the "clash of the cash" and "the Abu Dhabu Derby",
Manchester City's first match since the euphoric takeover by the Abu Dhabi royal family was
ironically against the Russian financial powerhouse in Chelsea. Could Abu Dhabi's outfit exceed
Abramovich's club on the pitch as well as financially?
