I te 1 o Mahuru 2008, i te ra whakamutunga o te matapihi whakawhiti raumati o te Pirimia, i whakaotihia e Robinho te neke € 41<unk>42 miriona (£ 32.5M) ki Manchester City mo te wha tau. I puta tenei i te ra ano i hokona ai te karapu e te kamupene whakangao Arapi Abu Dhabi United Group. I honoa a Robinho ki te whakawhiti ki Chelsea, a kua whakapumautia e ia tana hiahia ki te purei mo te karapu o Ranana tae noa ki te ahiahi o te whakawhiti. I te 27 o Akuhata, i kii te kaiwhakahaere matua o Chelsea a Peter Kenyon ko te karapu "te whakapono" ka haere te whakawhiti, a kua whakaae a Madrid ki te waiho i te kaitakaro. Ko te tumanako o Robinho ki te neke ki Chelsea i tana hainatanga ki Manchester i kii ia, "I te ra whakamutunga, he tono nui taku".
Manchester City Ko te taone nui o Manchester