Chelsea and Real Madrid Fall Out over Robinho Kit Sales

Real Madrid Chairman Roman Calderon believes Robson De Souza has been mislead by his agent over his proposed move to Chelsea.

Calderon believes that Robinho would be far better off at Real and has faith that the Brazilian will make the right decision. For a change, I believe him.

It's been one of the longest transfer sagas of the summer, and with just days to go until the transfer window deadline it appears things remain far from sorted out.

What I can't believe is that Chelsea were actually selling replica kits with Robinho's name on them yesterday.

It shows total disrespect for Madrid, and not only that, but for their own fans. I doubt many have the money to waste on a Chelsea shirt with another team's player on it, should the deal fall through.

Such blatant gamesmanship by Chelsea could be one of the main reasons for any proposed deal to fall through.

I'm not even sure Chelsea need the 42-times-capped Robinho?

They have Joe Cole, Deco, Michael Ballack, Frank Lampard, Michael Essien, and many more in the midfield and Robinho's hardly an out and out striker.

The youngster, in my opinion, never lived up to his promise in Spain and would struggle in England—at least at first. Don't get me wrong, he is a fantastic player, just not as successful as the world thought he would be.

He still has the potential to be a world beater, but not at Chelsea as far as I'm concerned.

The man who has scored 11 goals for Brazil joined Real Madrid in 2005 from Brazilian giants Santos and I feel if there is any team that can get the best out of him it is Real Madrid.

Joining Chelsea is by no means a step forward in a player's career. Just ask Andrei Shevchenko, Steven Sidwell, or Shaun Wright-Philips if Chelsea was the right move in their careers?

What will Robinho gain from playing for Chelsea? I honestly can't think of anything.

Maybe he thinks he'll be under less pressure? That won't be the case, however.

Given a choice between Chelsea and Real Madrid, I'd choose Madrid every time.

The money can't be that much better, Robson.

Or maybe, just maybe, that's it.