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05:43 November 11th, 2009

Is Manchester really all that bad?

Posted by: Stephen Addison
Tags: UK News, ,

SOCCER-UEFA/Manchester City’s Brazilian star Robinho is not a happy bunny.

The Guardian newspaper reports that England’s most expensive footballer is reported as saying  he does “not want another day in Manchester.”

He hates the climate, he hated the neighbours who objected to his playing of Brazilian music and he misses his mates.

Like Ronaldo before he left Manchester United, he talks about his “dream” of getting away.

Nemanja Vidic was another United player who couldn’t wait to leave. ”I will never stay to live in England, that’s for sure,” he was quoted as saying last year.  “You get only a brief glimpse of sunlight before it’s all cloudy again. The winters are mild, but in summer the temperatures seldom go higher than 20C. And it rains, rains, rains.”

These people are being paid huge amounts to be there but even that can’t tempt them to stay.

Is Manchester really all that bad?

One comment so far

it rains less in norwich, could someone tell robinho that?

- Posted by tim

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