Robinho believes he knows why Chelsea move collapsed in 2008

[James 5,140]

Robinho reveals why his proposed move to Chelsea collapsed in 2008. The Brazilian ended up signing for the newly rich Manchester City. READ MORE: Chelsea defender makes competitive international debut Brazilian great Robinho has revealed why he believes his proposed move to Chelsea collapsed back in 2008. The Guardian reported all those years ago that […]

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[Unionjack 7,531]

Its right tho. We did jump the gun. Saw a chance to grab money off something that hadn't happened. We deserved being fucked over.

But it MIGHT have been different.

[OhForAGreavsie 5,775]

48 minutes ago, Jim said:

Robinho reveals why his proposed move to Chelsea collapsed in 2008. The Brazilian ended up signing for the newly rich Manchester City. READ MORE: Chelsea defender makes competitive international debut Brazilian great Robinho has revealed why he believes his proposed move to Chelsea collapsed back in 2008. The Guardian reported all those years ago that […]

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It would not have been different. He was another overrated player who failed at Real, failed at City and would have failed here. Was delighted when the move broke down and was even more delighted when we went to City shortly afterward and won comfortably despite going behind.

Who is to blame for the premature shirt sales? Remember Chelsea don't put the shirts out for sale. We are paid a huge licence fee by a manufacturer. They put the shirts out for sale, and they take the profits from those sales. (When we sell shirts at the megastore, we're only doing so as any other retailer might.) We don't get paid any extra from the licencing agreement unless shirt sales go way, way above expected levels. Even then our share of the extra money is much smaller than the manufacturer's. This means that the club has very little to gain from the shirt going on sale early so their story about it being an outside body that jumped the gun is at least credible. I don't know the absolute truth of this and I doubt anyone else here knows either.

Did someone at Chelsea give the go ahead for the shirts to go on sale? Unlikely, but maybe. Did someone outside of Chelsea decide to try to get the shirts out asap, but fail to get the club's all clear first? Maybe. What you believe probably depends on whether or not you are in the CFC executives can do no right club.