Real Madrid have deal for Santos star Robinho

Real Madrid have completed the signing of Santos winger Robinho.

Despite pleas from Pele and Carlos Parreira to remain in Brazil, Robinho will join Real ahead of next season.

The deal has been agreed for some time, but Real have not announced it out of courtesy to Santos, which do not want the expected publicity to influence their Copa Liberatores campaign.

Real Madrid will pay Santos a £12 million fee for the Brazil international, who will pen a four-year contract in the summer with the Spanish giants. Robinho's deal will be worth a cool £1.4 million-a-season.

Parreira commented only last Friday that he did not want to see Robinho move to Europe: "For Robinho, a transfer to Europe is good. But for Brazil it is not."