Barely two months ago, Real Madrid was running away with La Liga, and Robinho was running the show. Today, Real is still running away with La Liga, although this has more to do with the ineptitude of its rivals than any bright play from the Brazilian. Indeed, Robinho has been relegated to the bench, an astonishing turn of events for a player who at one point this season would have made many critics’ shortlist for World Player of the Year. So what happened?
Something always seems to happen when the 23-year-old meets up with his compatriots to play with the Brazilian national team. According to Brazilian paper Sport, Robinho and teammates Julio Baptista (Real Madrid), Daniel Alves (Sevilla) and Diego (Werder Bremen) left Brazil’s 1-0 friendly win versus Sweden on March 26 with several unidentified women. Robinho is married.
What’s more, the paper also claims that the Real player has taken to leaving training sessions through a back window in the locker room rather than face the Spanish press or Coach Bernd Schuster on his way out. What are the consequences for this kind of behavior? Sport claims the Brazilian may be on his way out of the Bernabeu this summer.