Robinho explains why he picked Real Madrid over Barcelona
After scoring more than 80 goals over four seasons at Santos, the Brazilian moved to
Europe and helped Real Madrid win back-to-back La Liga titles in 2007 and 2008.
Barcelona had also been monitoring the Samba starlet before Real agreed to pay the €24
million required to secure his passage to the Santiago Bernabeu.
But the 33-year-old – now at Atletico Mineiro – says it was an easy decision to join the
Spanish capital club, who at the time had a number of Brazilians on their books including
Ronaldo and Roberto Carlos, plus a Brazilian coach in the form of Vanderlei Luxemburgo.
Speaking exclusively in the March 2017 issue of FourFourTwo magazine, Robinho says: "It
may seem like a difficult choice, but it wasn't.
Real Madrid was the team that showed more interest in me.
"Both of them are great clubs that have fans all around the world, but when Madrid
came in for me, I saw they had a large Brazilian group in their squad and the coaching staff
was also from Brazil.
When you put all this together, why would I move to Barcelona?"
Robinho stayed in Spain for three seasons before sealing a deadline-day switch to Manchester
City in 2008, despite being set for a move to Chelsea that summer.
Robinho: Why I didn't join Chelsea in 2008 Although he has no regrets about calling time
on his career with los Blancos, the striker does wish he had parted on better terms, having
found himself caught in the middle of Madrid's attempts to lure Cristiano Ronaldo from Manchester
United.
"I don't regret leaving Real, but I do regret falling out with them when I moved
on, as they were the club that opened doors for me and offered me the opportunity to conquer
Europe," he says.
"Perhaps the way I had to fight my way out erased the memories of some great things I
did for the team; I helped them become champions and I think I played well.
But I was really determined to leave, had an explosive temper and didn't give things
as much thought as I do now."
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