As already suggested on this blog, Peter Kenyon went on his travels again on Wednesday, in the direction of Madrid and his continued search for Robinho’s signature. No, not an autograph, but an agreement to a deal in the region of £26million. Unfortunately for him, Real Madrid turned down his advances for the Brazilian yet again.
However, far be it for the Spanish outfit to be accused of slavery, because they’ve suggested Robinho can leave after all. The only catch being they want £32million for him…… So, Kenyon came back home.
But hang on, because of course being the Robinho saga it’d be too easy to just leave it at that. Yep, you guessed it, Kenyon’s probably on his way back as I write, in an attempt to prise the playmaker out of the evil Real Madrid’s clutches. Or at least he’ll grovel and offer more money anyway.
Because now that Real have at least hinted they’re prepared to let the player – who they don’t really want anyway – leave, it’ll only serve to encourage Chelsea more. That’s how the game goes surely? You see, in a meeting with Robinho’s agent, Wagner Ribeiro, and Real’s sporting director Predrag Mijatovic this week, Calderon tried to get Robinho back on side by suggesting Chelsea (despite Kenyon chasing him like a love-sick puppy) weren’t really that bothered about signing him and besides, Real valued him to such an extent that they wouldn’t let “such an important player go at a knock-down price.” What was it, £26million? Who are they kidding? Well, ok they’d at least want the £29million back we got for Robben I suppose. And I’d suppose right, because in that very same meeting, true to form, Calderon and Mijatovic suggested they would indeed let Robinho go to Chelsea – as long as the offer was upped to £32million.
So does that mean Robinho will be wearing the Chelsea shirt once the transfer window closes on September 1st? Of course it doesn’t, we’ll just keep playing the game – probably upping the bid on a daily basis.
And will we eventually pay the new amount and get the signature Kenyon seems to crave? Who knows?
Blue is the colour
