At it again...
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Santos beat Vitoria 3-2 on aggregate to scoop up the Copa do Brasil and star attacker Robinho was naturally rather pleased with the result. The tricky forward revealed after the match that he's eager to stay at Santos and that he'll ask Manchester City to allow him to stay in Brazil.
"I'm going to ask Manchester City to let me stay at Santos. This club has only brought me joy so far. I won two Brazilian championships [in 2002 and 2004] here before and now we've won the Copa do Brasil," said Robinho to Globo TV.
"I have to talk to Manchester City about what will happen with me in the future. I have a contract with them and that has to be respected. My heart is with Santos, but if Manchester City don't want me to stay here, I have to respect that."
The 26-year-old Robinho joined Manchester City from Real Madrid in the summer of 2008, but the attacker never really lived up to the high expectations with the Citizens. As a result, he was farmed out on loan to Santos in January 2010.
Robinho has been linked with clubs such as Inter, Milan, Barcelona and Benfica in the past couple of months, but his preference is clearly to stay at Santos.