It’s your round Robo… hey, where’d he go?

Footballers, they are flashier than the northern lights at times. Driving around in their Ferarri’s, strutting down the street in those expensive clothes. But wait: one of them likes to save money on his shopping and keep those pennies tucked away, even if it means lining up for TWENTY FIVE minutes!

According to the Daily Mirror , one Robinho was out shopping in Harvey Nic’s the other day and spent 700 quid on some new togs! Nothing unusual there you say, footballers, pfft. Probably dropped that lot on a pair of undies with brown checks on ‘em (not the kind Kelly Pavlik was wearing last Saturday night after his run in with Bernard Hopkins).

Not so! No frivolous spending here, Robinho has a keen eye for a bargain and spotted that if he applied for a store card he could save a whopping 50% on his fancy pants. Wowser. According to the Mirror the speedy forward stood in line for 25 minutes to seal the deal, ’bout as much time as he needed in the second half to bang away his second and third goals against Stoke this weekend.

Could Robinho be nothing but the tight bloke down the pub who sneaks off to the lavvy when it’s his turn? Maybe Robinho is feeling the pinch of the impending credit crunch. 180,000 bucks a week only goes so far right?

- Bigus.

Written by Darkvader on October 28th, 2008 with no comments.
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