Robi in the spotlight
- Mon 25 Jan 2010, 10:18AM
- Posted by Tim Oscroft
No surprises as to what story the Monday papers have descended on.
Robinho's comments to a Brazilian radio station dominate the back pages, with reports from yesterday's win at Scunthorpe inevitably being coloured by speculation over the player's future.
The Guardian's Danny Taylor was wedged into the compact surroundings of the press area at Glandford Park yesterday and he observes:
"The Brazilian may not have come to England with the intention of defeating sides of Scunthorpe's calibre but the late goal that saw off the side currently fourth from bottom of the Championship can be described as some kind of farewell gift – providing, that is, he gets his wish to leave England.
"Until then it had looked as if the former Real Madrid player would remember this as an occasion that encompassed all his memories of English football: a wintry afternoon in a strange town, little time on the ball, a heavy pitch and an opposition crowd roaring with malicious joy whenever his first touch let him down, or on those demoralising moments when he tried his luck from distance without any of the magic of old."
But with only a few days of the transfer window left there is always room for rumoured comings-and-goings. The Mail says that City are interested in taking Roma right-back Marco Motta on loan, while in the Mirror Benjani is 'likely' to get a similar deal with West Ham.
