In an amazing chain of events all coming together during the closing hours of the European transfer window, Real Madrid's Robinho has agreed to be transferred to Manchester City. According to the folks over at the BBC a deal was struck between the two clubs for an amount over $50 million.
Everything in the last week is almost too much for this City supporter. First, Shawn Wright-Phillips returns from Chelsea. Then he scores a brace in his first game back, leading City to a 3-0 over Sunderland. That, in and of itself, could keep me happy for weeks. Then the last 24 hours happened.
It started with Thaksin Shinawatra removing his distracting presences from the club as owner and selling the Blues to Abu Dabai United.
Next was the news that City were in hot pursuit of Tottenham striker Dimitar Berbatov. The dust hadn't even had time to clear from the news that the Bulgarian had signed with Manchester United when news came across the wire that City put in a bid for Robinho. It's one of those deals you never thought would happen, but enough sources are coming forth with the news (including Manchester City's own site) that it must be true.
The added bonus of this whole deal is that it leaves Chelsea with sore fingers as it seems that the transfer window has coming slamming down before they could make a move.
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