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Robinho set to star in moneybags match-up
0 Comments | AFP, September, 2008
LONDON (AFP) — Robinho is set to make his Premier League debut on Saturday against Chelsea - the club he was set to join until English football's previously unchallenged big-spenders were trumped by Manchester City.
In an astonishing example of how much money is now involved in the top-flight of English football, the Brazil star was signed from under Chelsea's noses on transfer deadline day when City were taken over by the Abu Dhabi United Group.
Up until then, few thought any club could have more cash at their disposal than Chelsea, backed by Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich.
But City's new owners made clear their intention to break into the supposedly closed-shop of England's top four clubs - Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool - by...
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