Robinho turns down Turkish club's offer

Rio de Janeiro: Robinho has turned down a formal offer from Fenerbahce hoping to leave Manchester City for a Spanish or Italian club before the August 31 transfer deadline.

The 26-year-old Brazil forward has remained out of City manager Roberto Mancini's side in the opening games of the Premier League season since returning from his six-month loan spell at Santos.

"With all due respect to Turkish football, I'm not going to play there at the moment," Robinho said.

Not going

"[Fenerbahce] were the only team who sent an official [transfer] proposal but it's already decided that I'm not going," he told the Brazilian sports website globoesporte.com.

"I've got talks going on but I can't reveal anything yet. A week is time to do a lot of things. The only thing I'll say is that I'll carry on in Europe, in Italy or Spain." City paid Real Madrid a British record £32.5 million (Dh184 million) for Robinho in 2008 but the Brazilian struggled to settle in England.