Robinho: Real Madrid blocked Chelsea move over shirt sales
Robinho says he was interested in joining Chelsea from Real Madrid in 2008, but a dispute between the two clubs led to a transfer to Manchester City instead.
The Brazilian featured for Real Madrid from 2005-08 before joining City for £32.5 million as one of the club's first major signings of Sheikh Mansour's ownership.
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He went on to score 14 goals in 41 matches for the club before his time at the club came to an end with a loan to Santos and a subsequent sale to AC Milan.
However, the 34-year-old forward says the move to City almost never came to reality and only did so because of Madrid's frustrations with Chelsea.
"My main goal was to move to Chelsea – Big Phil [Scolari] had said I could make the difference for him a...