Blues Close On Robinho

Thursday, 21 August 08, 07:13 AM · Comments(0)

According to the Daily Mail, Chelsea chief executive Peter Kenyon has arrived in Madrid to wrap up the signing of Brazilian forward Robinho

The Blues have reportedly been tossing up between two mega-money signings all summer.

On the one hand there is Robinho, Real Madrid's enigmatic but uniquely gifted winger-cum-striker; on the other, Kaka, the AC Milan playmaker widely regarded as the most elegant and brilliant player on the planet.

Recent whispers in the press suggested that the London giants had gone after the latter in a deal supposed to be worth a whopping €102million.

But the latest reports claim that Kenyon was in the Spanish capital yesterday to finalise Robinho's £25million move to Stamford Bridge.

The 24-year-old's future has been up in the air ever since los Merengues kicked off their quest to sign Cristiano Ronaldo from Manchester United.

Chelsea have been strongly linked with the former Santos star for most of the off-season, due in no small part to the appointment of ex-Brazil boss Luiz Felipe Scolari as manager.

The West End club had an initial bid of just over £19million knocked back a few weeks ago, but their latest offer could well be enough to prise Robinho away from the Bernabeu.

This news comes despite the player's agent claiming yesterday that his client would not be going anywhere, and Real Madrid president Ramón Calderón's declarations that Robinho was "non-transferable".

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