Chelsea Officially Makes Robinho Offer + Van Der Vaart Scores in His Debut + Baptista close to AS Roma
Friday, 08 August 08, 04:10 AM · Comments (21)
Letting this lad go will be Calderon's stupidest decision ever!
Morning gang,
I have got some not that good news. Well, as we have heard many times, Chelsea are interested in Robinho. The English club has made their interest public and stated on their official website that they have officially contacted Real Madrid over our wonderkid, Robinho.
Further to media reports (they are talking about me here), Chelsea Football Club can confirm we have made an offer to Real Madrid today (Thursday, August 7) for the transfer of Robinho.
The Guardian says that Chelsea are offering £19.75m for Robinho, a sum I believe can't buy Robinho's shoes, well not exactly, but I think he deserves more If not from Chelsea then from Real who have humiliated him this season.
While I feel very upset of hearing whats going on with Robinho and with the offers he is getting, but I can understand why he is frustrated. Real treated him unfairly, trying to include him in Ronaldo's deal while he was and still in Ronaldo's status and more, and refusing to improve his contract and not throwing him more bucks while Calderon was spending money here and there on Academies and stuff in Africa, America, Asia, on the Moon, Mars ....etc Don't misunderstand me here, I think it is good to develop facilities and help other people in poor countries, but when you have a kick ass player like Robinho and you don't want to give him another one or two millions then thats bad.
If you still remember, last season, Robinho was sidelined. Real were going through a tough period with Barcelona closing the gap and then the match against Recreative Hulva came, Robinho was benched and the team sucked in the first half. In the second half, Schuster was nuts and didn't send Robinho in, but when things got worse, he sent him in and guess what? He scored two goals If I'm not mistaken to make 3-2 for Real Madrid. This is just an example of how crucial a player like Robinho is.
Now my hope is that one of his teammates, someone who could be his best pal, would convince him to stay. As far as I know, he gets along very well with Marcelo. Maybe Rau'l too or Cannavaro? I don't know, but after Chelsea's official announcement I believe that one of these good dudes will discuss the whole thing with Robinho and he will hopefully change his mind.
Another thing that is still keeping me positive is his family. If they have take on things, they may suggest staying in Madrid, because as everyone knows, South Americans are always comfortable there. Maybe they don't want to live in England....
However, to end all of this, a very generous improved contract from Calderon would keep Robinho here till he retires.
Now, lets just put Robinho's issue behind and see how the team did last night. They beat Columbian side Independiente 2-1.
Schuster started with Dudek, Salgado, Javi García, Heinze, Miguel Torres, Diarra, Guti, Baptista, Robinho, Raúl and Van Nistelrooy.
In the first half, a hard tackle on Guti resulted in a small scuffle and the ensuing sending off of Míchel Salgado. Things got complicated, and Independiente took the chance and scored the game's first goal.
Schuster then sent Rafael van der Vaart, who made his first appearance clad in white, Codina for Dudek and Robben for Robinho.
Soon after, Van Der Vaart showed his class as he scored a fantastic goal from a free-kick to equalize the scoreline. Five minutes later, he assisted Pepe who scored the winning goal from a header.
Van Der Vaart was clearly the maestro on the pitch last night. He showed his worth and he silenced his critics specially this angry Joe who commented on Ronaldo's article yesterday saying:
Van der Vaart is hardly a worthy alternative (to Ronaldo). The boy is never going to reach the potential that was once thought from him.
Well, Joe, it didn't take him that long, huh?
Alright, last but not least, Baptista is likely to pay me a visit here in Rome. Well, not exactly, I mean he is moving into my neighborhood after Spalleti asked me about him and I told him that Baptista was a good player, a loving neighbor and no loud music ever ever in his place, so he would just fit in perfectly.
Of course, he aint coming for free, Spalleti told me that they will give Calderon maybe £10m, not bad, so buona fortuna Baptista e benvenuto a Roma.
Gents.. Thats about it, more tomorrow. (I'd love to hear your comments on Robinho and last night's match)
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Reply to Adambader:
Reply to thedangerzolo:Great post mate ..
. Ah as for Robinho I stand about what I always said .. Real Madrid should never allow a player to state his conditions on the club if he wants to leave then be it .. not every time a player want a rise we should give it to him , This would make the team go back into the dark...
Yeah I understand what you are trying to say, but this time Robinho has the right to leave. He had been happy before Real humiliated him. And another reason I think he wants to leave is that Chelsea are building a great team, they have a good coach and they always have cash, these attract players....
I don't think its the clubs fault .. its the damn media . Spain has the worst media ever just lies after lies . I think they are responsible for 90% of this problem if not more .
Reply to thedangerzolo:
Reply to Adambader:Reply to thedangerzolo:Great post mate ..
Yeah I understand what you are trying to say, but this time Robinho has the right to leave. He had been happy before Real humiliated him. And another reason I think he wants to leave is that Chelsea are building a great team, they have a good coach and they always have cash, these attract players....
I don't think its the clubs fault .. its the damn media . Spain has the worst media ever just lies after lies . I think they are responsible for 90% of this problem if not more .
Well, the media reports the external atmosphere, what they hear, what the officials say, but there is a lot of things going on within the club. I'm not there, but from Robinho's statments (on TV, interviews..etc) I can feel that he is not happy. Another reason is why the heck Real denied him from going to the Olympics? They said he was injured and he wasn't. That must have pissed him off too
Reply to Adambader:
Reply to thedangerzolo:Reply to Adambader:Yeah I understand what you are trying to say, but this time Robinho has the right to leave. He had been happy before Real humiliated him. And another reason I think he wants to leave is that Chelsea are building a great team, they have a good coach and they always have cash, these attract players....
I don't think its the clubs fault .. its the damn media . Spain has the worst media ever just lies after lies . I think they are responsible for 90% of this problem if not more .
Well, the media reports the external atmosphere, what they hear, what the officials say, but there is a lot of things going on within the club. I'm not there, but from Robinho's statments (on TV, interviews..etc) I can feel that he is not happy. Another reason is why the heck Real denied him from...
What makes you so sure ... maybe someone in his family is ill or died .Come on dude have faith in the club , oh I'm the resident Ultrasur from now on hehe 
Reply to thedangerzolo:
Reply to Adambader:Reply to thedangerzolo:I don't think its the clubs fault .. its the damn media . Spain has the worst media ever just lies after lies . I think they are responsible for 90% of this problem if not more .
Well, the media reports the external atmosphere, what they hear, what the officials say, but there is a lot of things going on within the club. I'm not there, but from Robinho's statments (on TV, interviews..etc) I can feel that he is not happy. Another reason is why the heck Real denied him from...
What makes you so sure ... maybe someone in his family is ill or died .Come on dude have faith in the club , oh I'm the resident Ultrasur from now on hehe
Ill or dead? Io non capito amico. So If he goes to Chelsea that ill or dead person will be revived? Silly, no dude, I'm talking about the way he is being treated. If I was him, my reaction would be the same, and thats why I left AS Roma when they traded me for Totti, you know
Reply to Adambader:
Reply to thedangerzolo:Reply to Adambader:Well, the media reports the external atmosphere, what they hear, what the officials say, but there is a lot of things going on within the club. I'm not there, but from Robinho's statments (on TV, interviews..etc) I can feel that he is not happy. Another reason is why the heck Real denied him from...
What makes you so sure ... maybe someone in his family is ill or died .Come on dude have faith in the club , oh I'm the resident Ultrasur from now on hehe
Ill or dead? Io non capito amico. So If he goes to Chelsea that ill or dead person will be revived? Silly, no dude, I'm talking about the way he is being treated. If I was him, my reaction would be the same, and thats why I left AS Roma when they traded me for Totti, you know
How could I possibly beat that . Rajab Bader a former A star player from AS Roma 3 times world player of the year 150 goals scored in two years .. Who the hell is Totti ?!!! .. ok I've gone too far with this 
Reply to thedangerzolo:
Reply to Adambader:Reply to thedangerzolo:What makes you so sure ... maybe someone in his family is ill or died .Come on dude have faith in the club , oh I'm the resident Ultrasur from now on hehe
Ill or dead? Io non capito amico. So If he goes to Chelsea that ill or dead person will be revived? Silly, no dude, I'm talking about the way he is being treated. If I was him, my reaction would be the same, and thats why I left AS Roma when they traded me for Totti, you know
How could I possibly beat that
Well, he was a pal and I just didn't want to bug him. Another reason was that his girlfriend (now his wife?) was my ex and although I dumped here, I was still loving here, but the moral of the story, AS Roma traded me for him. Thank god they didn't trade me for Cassano, at least Totti someone deserves a hand shake.
21 Madridistas have commented on "Chelsea Officially Makes Robinho Offer + Van Der Vaart Scores in His Debut + Baptista close to AS Roma" · Add yours
Great post mate ..
. Ah as for Robinho I stand about what I always said .. Real Madrid should never allow a player to state his conditions on the club if he wants to leave then be it .. not every time a player want a rise we should give it to him , This would make the team go back into the dark ages . As for the match , its was so late in the night I missed it and I needed a good night sleep , I'm so happy that VDV shined in the game and as you all know I'm a huge fan .
Reply to thedangerzolo:
Yeah I understand what you are trying to say, but this time Robinho has the right to leave. He had been happy before Real humiliated him. And another reason I think he wants to leave is that Chelsea are building a great team, they have a good coach and they always have cash, these attract players. The solution to this problem is to sit with Robinho and discuss what was wrong, and try to settle things.