Brazilian accused of calling team “losers”
The Sun were guilty of yet more outrageous paraphrasing this morning, running with the headline “You’re losers”, implying Robinho said this about his Manchester City team.
Of course, he never said anything of the sort, but did point out what most of us already know: Real Madrid and the English big four have won more titles than a team that has finished no higher than eighth in the Premier League:
“City have good players but the mentality of a small side. What they lack is the mentality of champions.
“Here they have a good team but are content with just finishing fifth or sixth. For me you can only be content when you’re champions, with winning away.
“You need to want to beat Chelsea at their home, beat Manchester United, beat Liverpool.
“They are content with little, just a draw might be good enough.”
At this point, you can see why the papers have spun the Brazilian’s words with a derogatory edge, but it becomes clear
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