Dunga tells City to show respect.BRAZIL Brazil (brəzĭl`), Port. Brasil, officially Federative Republic of Brazil, republic (2005 est. pop. 186,113,000), 3,286,470 sq mi (8,511,965 sq km), E South America. coach Dunga has urged Manchester Manchester, city, England Manchester (măn`chəstər, –chĕs'tər), city and metropolitan district (1991 pop. 397,400), NW England, on the Irwell, Medlock, Irk, and Tib rivers. City to "show respect" to the five-times world champions as the row over Robinho's involvement with the squad for today's game with England rumbles on. Robinho has been out with an ankle injury and travelled from City's training camp in Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi (ä`b  thä`bē, zä–, dä–), Arab. Abu Zabi, sheikhdom (1995 pop. 928,360), c. on Wednesday evening with club
doctor Jamie Butler to have the problem assessed by the Brazilian
medical staff in Doha.
City boss Mark Hughes This article is about the Welsh footballer. For other people with the same name, see Mark Hughes (disambiguation). Leslie Mark Hughes OBE (born November 1, 1963 in Ruabon, Wrexham, Wales), nicknamed Sparky had been expecting Robinho to travel back on Thursday but Robinho has been training with his international team-mates. He has ruled himself out of the game with Fabio Capello's side but not Tuesday's international with Oman - just four days before City take on Liverpool. Dunga is unhappy with City's approach and said: "People need to know we are the five-times world champions. It is Brazil we are talking about. "They (Manchester City) have got to have respect for us. They just can't come to the team hotel and try and take the player (Robinho) away. "There is a hierarchy here that needs to be respected. "We brought Robinho here so the doctors can be near to him and they are famous for getting the players fit quickly." Robinho does not want to become involved in any potential club-versus-country row. He said: "I am so happy with my club. People talk a lot but the truth is I'm trying to be happy to play again. "It is important that I do a good job for my club so I can play for my country." CAPTION(S): Brazilian national coach Dunga |
|
||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion