Robinho blow for City

12 September 2009 18:28
Manchester City forward Robinho has been ruled out for up to four weeks after suffering a stress fracture to his ankle. Robinho picked up the injury on international duty with Brazil, and City were initially hopeful the problem was not serious. City boss Mark Hughes was even hoping that the former Real Madrid ace had an outside chance of figuring in Saturday's Premier League game against Arsenal. However, after sitting out the 4-2 victory which maintained the club's 100 per cent start to the season, Robinho's injury was confirmed by City. Scans have shown a stress fracture to the ankle and Robinho will now miss several key games for City, including next week's Manchester derby.

Source: SKY_Sports