Good Housekeeping ; Beckham Isn't the Only One in Capello's Sights As Boss Plans a Future a World Away From the Galacticos Era

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FABIO CAPELLO only knew how bad things had become at Real Madrid when one of his first-team players turned up for training one morning last week so drunk that he could barely keep his balance unaided.

Yes, you've guessed it. The expensivelybought and highly-paid superstar footballer was a Brazilian who had spent the previous 12 hours flitting from Madrid nightclub to Madrid nightclub disregarding all notions of professionalism in the belief that he could wobble around the training pitch without the Italian being able to spot his total incapacity.

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Good Housekeeping ; Beckham Isn't the Only One in Capello's Sights As Boss Plans a Future a World Away From the Galacticos Era

But, no, the villain of this piece was not Ronaldo, nor Roberto Carlos. It was in fact Robinho, the cherub-faced winger who ordinarily looks like butter wouldn't melt in his mouth, but looked like Buckfast was dribbling out of it that morning.

The same Robinho who coped with his mother's...

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