None of it is a surprise
He is given all the money he needs on leaving Madrid, and is so thick that he thought he was going to the swamp. Was anyone surprised by this?
Then he met gimp hughes, who he thinks is still playing for Utd. He was probably a bit confused at having to hold up a sky blue shirt, but prob thought it was a new Utd away kit
He gets his baptism in a few tough away games and realises that, without a fully world class team around him, he's actually going to have to do some work, which he is incapable of. He finds out that Hughes and his cronies are useless, and when Elano and Jo are soon going nowhere, the unhappy brazilian clique developed.
Coupling all this with Tevez becoming the obvious star man, injury, and Mancini's correct refusal to build a team to accomodate his lazy style, the drift into footballing oblivion began - yes he's got a deal wiith Milan but he won't stay in their team either for long. I give him 18 months max then he'll be back in Brazil, or in Turkey where many Brazilians seem to finish up. Its a great shame but, when people have no brain or no bottle, what can you do? For a short time, he looked the great player he should always be.