26 Jan 2010

Robinho 90 percent sure he'll leave Manchester City

5:54 am on 26 January 2010

Manchester City's unsettled Brazilian striker Robinho says he is 90 percent sure of joining his former club Santos.

Robinho, who signed for City from Real Madrid in 2008 for a British record 32 million pounds, scored in City's 4-2 FA Cup win at Scunthorpe United but the 26-year-old says it would be "exceptional" to return to Santos.

Robinho struggled to make an impression at City under former manager Mark Hughes but Roberto Mancini, who joined the club in December, says he's keen for him to stay.