At least the players understand how it works...

Originally Posted by Zorg

Paying £32 million for Nani was crazy tbh.

£15m of that was for his ego tbf

Originally Posted by wiganste

£15m of that was for his ego tbf

and the rest for his back catalogue :-

Originally Posted by dunk

He was for his entire Santos and Real Madrid careers, he plays up top for City, maybe, but that's 'cos they're shit.

Robinho very rarely played as a winger in Brazil, this really only happened in Madrid. In fact, very few Brazilian teams even play with wingers as such - generally speaking they either play with two meia-atacantes in the 4-2-2-2 or with wing backs in a 3-5-2 variation. Santos generally favoured the former, with Robinho one of the two forwards. So his position with City is quite close to the position he played in Brazil.

Originally Posted by Serenity Now

Robinho very rarely played as a winger in Brazil, this really only happened in Madrid. In fact, very few Brazilian teams even play with wingers as such - generally speaking they either play with two meia-atacantes in the 4-2-2-2 or with wing backs in a 3-5-2 variation. Santos generally favoured the former, with Robinho one of the two forwards. So his position with City is quite close to the position he played in Brazil.

Always seemed to play from the right when I saw him.

Originally Posted by Serenity Now

Robinho very rarely played as a winger in Brazil, this really only happened in Madrid. In fact, very few Brazilian teams even play with wingers as such - generally speaking they either play with two meia-atacantes in the 4-2-2-2 or with wing backs in a 3-5-2 variation. Santos generally favoured the former, with Robinho one of the two forwards. So his position with City is quite close to the position he played in Brazil.

This doesn't change 2 facts. Nani is statistically the best winger in europe and £26 million for Tosic is a ridiculours price and a disgusting slap in the face to Nani.