Robinho remains focused on Blues move

1:52am Saturday 30th August 2008

Real Madrid forward Robinho insists that he still hopes to join Chelsea, revealing that negotiations are ongoing.

With just three days remaining until the end of the transfer window there is still no definitive resolution to the Brazil international's possible move to Chelsea.

"I have a contract with Real Madrid now, but we are still negotiating with Chelsea," Robinho told globoesporte.

Reports in the Spanish press suggest the 24-year-old will stay at the Bernabeu, with Madrid rejecting a 30million euro bid.

But Chelsea are equally as confident he will move to Stamford Bridge and started advertising replica Robinho shirts for sale on their official online store on Thursday.

Media reports also claimed that Robinho is set to apologise to Real and their fans for publicly declaring his desire to leave the reigning two-time Primera Liga champions to join compatriot Luiz Felipe Scolari - the new Chelsea coach.

However, the star has rubbished any such notion.

"A lot of things are being published and they are not the truth," added Robinho. "It is not true that I said that I was going to apologise to the press.

"We are working to seal my future, nothing else."

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