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Real Madrid's Robinho moves closer to Chelsea move

Chelsea's new coach Felipe Scolari has not given up on making the Brazilian Robinho part of his team, especially with the news that Frank Lampard is determined to join Inter Milan after all.

Chelsea's new coach Felipe Scolari has not given up on making the Brazilian Robinho part of his team, especially with the news that Frank Lampard is determined to join Inter Milan after all.

Real Madrid have given up on the Ronaldo deal with United, of which Robinho was supposed to be used as a makeweight, so now he can forge his own deal.

The Real Madrid mouthpiece Marca have reported today that the players agent, Wagner Ribiero, traveled to London on Tuesday to meet Chelsea's sporting director Frank Arnesen, which is the second meeting between the two regarding Robinho.

Now that Madrid have also announced the imminent arrival of Rafael Van de Vaart through Marca, it seems like just a matter of time until Robinho moves, as he is now surplus to requirements.

The fee is expected to be around £30million.