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Chelsea are considering whether to renew their interest in Robinho despite the Brazilian's record £32.5m move to Manchester City at the end of August. The club are examining the attacking options available to manager Luiz Felipe Scolari, with a realisation that it is an area of the squad that is vulnerable, and are still smarting over their failure to sign the 24-year-old striker during the summer.

The collapse of the move led to an acrimonious fall-out between the club's owner Roman Abramovich – who was furious having been led to believe the move would go through – and various agents and representatives involved in the deal. It also contributed to Robinho's decision to part with his agent, Wagner Ribeiro, who represented him for six years, and who, The Independent revealed in September, received £4.2m in commission for the transfer.

Robinho is now being looked after by his father, Gilvan de Souza, although there is no shortage of other agents wanting to involve themselves in the player's future and affairs.

There are major stumbling blocks to any potential deal, not least whether City, and their new owners Abu Dhabi United Group, would contemplate selling a player who is, at present, their star asset. Also any move for Robinho may have to wait until next summer, rather than the January transfer window, because of Article 5.2 of the Fifa rules on player registration which limits a player to one transfer per season.

There are various means to contest or appeal against this rule – as happened with Javier Mascherano's move from West Ham United to Liverpool – but they usually involve a player who has moved between continents, when seasons run at different time periods, or who is being prevented from playing. These factors do not apply in the case of Robinho.

Scolari, however, remains a strong admirer of the player who he regarded as vital to his plans this season. He was frustrated by the failure to sign Robinho although the blame has been pinned on agents rather than the player. Chelsea believed they had struck a deal for Robinho to arrive for £30m from Real Madrid – with the Spanish club resigned to selling – before City's dramatic intervention. Crucially, it is felt, the agent's cut of the transfer was significantly higher, more than £1m more, under the City deal.

Chelsea, and Scolari in particular, have continued to monitor Robinho's progress at City where he has scored six goals in eight League games, including a hat-trick against Stoke, although away from home he has been a less influential performer as his team has stuttered and supporters remain to be convinced. It is also felt by some of those close to Robinho that he is still a little shell-shocked by the astonishing collapse of his move to Chelsea and then his whirlwind transfer to City. He has been a restless player in the past, of course, and was regarded, while at Real Madrid, as being something of a prima donna.

If Chelsea receive any encouragement, from Robinho or from City, they may well pursue a deal and part of the discussions will be whether to include a player, such as Nicolas Anelka, a former City striker. Anelka has been Chelsea's main striker this season, with Didier Drogba injured and still returning to fitness, although he has failed to convince.

There are doubts whether Drogba, who is 31 in March, and who has been suffering from knee problems, will ever return to be the force he has been since his arrival in 2004. With Franco Di Santo, the 19-year-old Argentine, Chelsea's only other recognised striker, following the departures of Andrei Shevchenko and Claudio Pizarro, then Scolari's options are limited.

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No point in trying to sign a player who decided to neglect us just to get more money. Players like that don't deserve to wear a Chelsea shirt

He didn't. Real Madrid didn't accept any of our bids, we refused to match City's £32m offer so Robinho only had one choice - Man City.

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Chelsea boss Luiz Felipe Scolari is DESPERATE to bring Manchester City ace Robinho to Stamford Bridge.

The Sun says Scolari is trying to get the Brazilian to Chelsea after missing out in August. And the struggling Blues boss even invited clubs to make an offer for any of his players.

Scolari said: “I know many managers and assistants are calling the players saying this or that. Now is the time for ALL of my players — call and buy.”

He is offering £15million plus FOUR players, Nicolas Anelka, Florent Malouda, Salomon Kalou and a centre-back, for Robinho.

Robinho knows of Chelsea’s interest but has started to feel an affinity with City where he has a strong rapport with the fans.

However, he also has a big affection for Scolari.

Scolari was furious when Chelsea lost out to City in the £32.5m battle for Robinho’s services on the very last day of the transfer window.

He has vowed ever since that if he could find a way of getting Robinho out of City he would.

A source close to Robinho said: “This is an amazing twist to what’s going on with Kaka. City have to keep Robinho if Kaka is to go there but if Kaka stays at AC Milan then Robinho will have a decision to make.”

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As if missing out on one Brazilian superstar were not troubling enough yesterday, Manchester City are facing a battle to retain the services of Robinho, who is attracting renewed interest from Chelsea while facing the threat of disciplinary action after walking out on the squad’s winter training camp in Tenerife.

Mark Hughes, the City manager, was disappointed to learn on Monday night that Robinho had left the training camp to fly back to Brazil to address what he called a “family matter”. Hughes and Garry Cook, the executive chairman, are eager to find out the legitimacy or otherwise of Robinho’s claim before deciding whether to fine him at least a week’s wages, which equates to £160,000, but the episode has come at the worst possible time for City, with the forward becoming unsettled by a renewal of interest from Luiz Felipe Scolari, the Chelsea manager.

City stole Robinho from under the noses of Chelsea when they paid a British-record fee of £34.2 million to sign him from Real Madrid in September, but Scolari’s interest in the player has not gone away. While Chelsea are not in a position to make a bid for him this month — with Roman Abramovich, the owner, demanding that the club move towards self-sufficiency rather than rely purely on his financial backing — Robinho has been made aware that Scolari would like to bid for him again in the summer.

Cook said yesterday that he knew nothing of Chelsea’s interest in Robinho, but he did refer to an interest expressed in certain City players by Peter Kenyon, the London club’s chief executive, during negotiations over the £12 million signing of Wayne Bridge this month. When asked about City’s reported interest in John Terry, the Chelsea captain, Cook said: “I had a meeting with Kenyon but I didn’t bring up his name. He did ask about some of our superstars, but I’m not allowed to ask about his.”

Cook confirmed that an internal investigation into Robinho’s actions on Monday was taking place amid reports that the player had flown home to celebrate his 25th birthday on Sunday with his family. “I have spoken to Mark, but only briefly,” he said. “Robinho left the training ground on Monday. Until I get all the details, I don’t know much more. I don’t know why he left the camp. I will say that the Kaká and Robinho issues are unconnected. That is an unfortunate coincidence from our standpoint.”

In a statement, Robinho tried to play down the controversy over his disappearance. “I had made Manchester City aware that I needed to return to Brazil because of a family matter,” he said. “I will return to the club and I hope to sort this out as soon as possible. I feel it is important to underline that I did not return to Brazil because of the Kaká deal. I am committed to helping Manchester City become the force that the owners assured me they will become.”

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According to Goal.com Hughes is chasing Drogba now. That's a great news IMO.

Robinho is already unhappy at Manchester I think. Would be a great deal: Drogba, Malouda + some cash for Robinho.

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