Robinho's going nowhere, insists Real president

0 Comments | AFP, August, 2008

MADRID (AFP) — Real Madrid president Ramon Calderon insisted Saturday that Brazilian winger Robinho would be staying with the Spanish side, despite the player saying he is still in talks with English club Chelsea.

"He's going to stay here, I'm saying that," Calderon told the daily ABC, adding that the Brazilian was "a good boy, badly advised" by his entourage.

Robinho, 24, said in an interview with Brazilian television Globoesporte on Friday that he wanted to leave, adding that "negotiations were ongoing" for his eventual transfer to the English club.

And Robinho was not called up as expected by German coach Bernd Schuster for Real's first match of the season on Sunday at Deportivo La Coruna.

Schuster said that it would be better to wait until the...

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