Robinho a No-No

Robinho is going to Real Madrid....can't say I'm surprised. He is a marvellous player, with great skill....but I personally feel he would be too lightweight for the Premiership, to start with anyway. Oh well....let's hope we can get Baptista. Story from SkySports.com.

Real Madrid have finally reached agreement with Santos over Robinho, ending any floundering hopes Arsenal had of landing the player.
For months, Real have been tracking the Brazilian starlet and they agreed terms with the player's representatives some months ago.
However, Santos have thus far refused all of Real's offers.
Arsenal made a move last week, but that has seemingly just spurred Real into sealing the move - although Robinho always underlined his intent to move to El Santiago Bernabeu.
Agreement was reached late on Friday at Santos president Marcelo Teixeira's house and Real will pay €25 million for Robinho - although Santos will only receive 60 percent of that, as the player's agent Wagner Ribeiro owns the rest of him.
The last straw for Santos was when Robinho failed to turn up for training on Friday, following his participation at The Confederations Cup in Germany.
Real's sporting director Emilio Butragueno was confirmed his delight at Robinho's impending arrival in the Spanish capital.
"Robinho has been the soccer sensation of the last year," he said.
"Although he is very young, his contribution to Real Madrid can be spectacular. Luxemburgo only took seconds in giving his opinion. Wanderley is enchanted by his arrival."
Madrid will now turn their attentions elsewhere, having already landed Robinho, plus two further South Americans in the shape of Carlos Diogo and Pablo Garcia.
One player still being strongly linked in England and Spain is Liverpool's Steven Gerrard.
It is claimed in both country's media that contract negotiations are not going well - with Spanish sources saying that Gerrard's huge demands are a tactic to engineer a move to Madrid.
It remains to be seen what will happen with Gerrard, but the longer talks ensure without progress - the more speculation about his future there will be.