Robinho's career seems to have been going somewhat downhill.
The boy was to become Messi or C Ronaldo tier back when he was still at Real Madrid. Man City with newly found money and a big buck project started by breaking their transfer record by a mile with the signing of this hot prospect, who was rumoured to have asked where's Sir Alex after arriving. He was decent but nothing special, so a move to declining AC Milan seemed the best choice for all parties. He played there until he became too shit for even today's Milan, and went to play in Brazilian meme league.
Now he's going to prison for 9 years. Probably not the resume he would've expected when he was the hottest prospect alive. bbc.com/sport/football/42103736
John Powell
>you now remember when halal press thought he was better than messi lmao
William White
He's older than both of them
Ryder Ward
He was for a brief period of time. The nightclubs and the alcohol finished his career.
Ryan Miller
Whats with brazilians and fucking up their careers because of their night life?
Jonathan Davis
>and a big buck project he got started on that recently
Jeremiah Scott
Brazilian DNA
Eli Price
>He was for a brief period of time exactly when?
Eli Peterson
>be poor >become rich thanks to soccer >"now i'll finally be able to have all the women, cars and parties i've always dreamt about"
It's pretty simple.
They don't love their sport. They don't love their teams. They just want to be rich.
Jordan Gomez
>The boy was to become Messi or C Ronaldo tier if I had 1mln for every time i heard this i could unironically buy a good team from any league
Jace Lee
Weird how much it happens to Brazilian players though. Gazza is the closest English example I could think of but it seems to have happened to a lot of really talented Brazilians
Levi Gomez
It's really just about about how poor you used to be before getting that footy money. Poor people from Europe still have a better lifestyle and a bit more opportunities than poor people from Brasil
Carson Rodriguez
They literally do not give a fuck about the football world. European clubs mean nothing to them. Playing for Real Madrid or for Guangzhou Everglade is the same as long as you get paid.
Jaxon Hill
with Fabio Capello at Real Madrid 2006/2007. He had discipline. He played right wing in a 4-4-2 that won the league against Barcelona. Robinho was a wonderful player back then but like Adriano destroyed himself. That's why Maradona is the greatest. He was destroying himself with cocaine and booze and hookers and mafia but he still carried Argentina to win the WC and Napoli to win two scudetti
Alexander Roberts
cokey jakey is in the NT for some reason italians can does this sometimes cassano had some real talent
Chase Russell
I now remember Robinho.
Oliver Baker
100 Caps
That's pretty impressive
Alexander White
>the crusher of chile
Ayden Hughes
Adriano came from a slum, he is even best friend with the drug dealers there. Robinho, Ronaldinho, Neymar, Ronaldo were also all poor. They are not intelligent, the don't think about their future, all they want is to spend money with women and alcohol, nothing more.
Ian Collins
Kaká cares a lot about Milan. Ronaldinho also cares about Barça. Ronaldo seems to care about Real Madrid a little.
Dylan Green
This. People in my country are poorer but our parents are strict and make us take school pretty seriously. Even the athletes who are idiots have somebody who keeps them in check so they don't spend all their money on stupid shit. I mean look at Darko Milicic,americans consider him a failure but he is retired with a net worth of 25 million dollars and has invested in agriculture and hotels.
Aaron White
>Robinho's career seems to have been going somewhat downhill.
you dont say do you? what with the prison sentence and all?
William Parker
I dont think poverty explains it all, there has to be something specifically related to brazilian culture, lots of african players came from poverty too but you dont see them gang raping drunk girls and fucking trannies, hell, now that I think of it, african players are quite disciplined.