Premier League - Robinson joins Blackburn

Eurosport - Sat, 26 Jul 10:42:00 2008

Blackburn Rovers have signed goalkeeper Paul Robinson from Premier League rivals Tottenham Hotspur for £3.5 million on a five-year contract.

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The 28-year-old international, who has 41 England caps but recently fell out of favour with club and country, becomes manager Paul Ince's first signing since he took over from Mark Hughes a month ago.

Spurs had already signed PSV Eindhoven's Brazilian keeper Heurelho Gomes as their first choice for next season, while Blackburn shot-stopper Brad Friedel is in talks with Aston Villa.

Robinson spent four seasons at Tottenham after joining the north London club from Leeds United for £1m, making 175 appearances.

He was England's number one at the 2006 World Cup in Germany but lost his place to Scott Carson in the final Euro 2008 qualifier against Croatia last year and was also demoted at club level. David James has since taken over as England goalkeeper.

Robinson made a number of errors after missing a kick from a back pass, leading to an own goal, in a 2-0 defeat in an earlier qualifier against Croatia in Zagreb, back in 2006.

He was restored to the squad by new manager Fabio Capello for the friendly with France in Paris in March but was then left out of a 30-man party for the friendlies against the United States and Trinidad & Tobago in May.

Robinson played in Tottenham's League Cup final win over Chelsea at Wembley before finishing the season as his club's first-choice keeper.

Reuters

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  1. Im a huge Spurs and Robbo fan so im sorry to see his move to Blackburn. B'Burn is a good team, and i hope he will play very weel next season. ROBBO & SPURS 4EVER!!! p.s. 3,5m pounds for Robbo is unfair. 6m is the right fee!

    From blades_orsi, on Sun 27 Jul 12:22AM

  2. lol oh im sorry, does putting PERIOD at the end of the sentence make you automatically right? Ill have to remember that one..

    From guydewis@..., on Sat 26 Jul 7:33PM

  3. it was time for him to go. i hope a change of club will kickstart his career because i have a lot of time for robbo, his last two seasons have been a nightmare but i wish him all the best.

    From Barry O, on Sat 26 Jul 3:00PM

  4. It is a waste of money. PERIOD.

    From babaji s k, on Sat 26 Jul 12:59PM

  5. That's a bad signing, a very bad one!

    From Half A Brain, on Sat 26 Jul 12:28PM

  6. Im a big Brad Friedel Fan, most of our sucess for the past few years has been down to him but at some point we have to start preparing for the future....At 37 we would have gotten 2 maybe 3 more years out of him. If Blackburn can help Robinson regain his form that made him the number 1 choice for England not so long ago, then at 28 I think we have a great buy. Ive heard ppl call him &*^% but anyone who get 40 caps for thier country is not &*(^, hes just having a bad run of form.

    From guydewis@..., on Sat 26 Jul 12:07PM

  7. LOL...ROBINSON IS @#$% AND HAS BEEN FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS!!! AS A DIE HARD SPURS FAN, IM HAPPY THAT HE HAS GONE...COULD'NT TAKE ALL THOSE MISTAKES HE WAS MAKING!!!

    From kaylon4life, on Sat 26 Jul 9:45AM

  8. Good one INCEY, make PERFECT SENSE to sell the best keeper in the prem for 2M and buy one has been for 3.5 (my 4yr old knows this maths is S$%t) Ah well lets see what Robbo does this season then we can judge. BRFC SUPPORTERS CLUB NEW ZEALAND

    From tracycarlin0505, on Sat 26 Jul 9:26AM

  9. Wow, good for Blackburn and bad for Tottenham. This is surprizing coz Robo is a good goalkeeper. He had kinda bad season but he will be fine soon. I would not send him away just like that because of one bad year though. I think Spurs will feel sorry later for getting rid of him. Bad move Mr. Ramos!!! Bad, Bad, Bad....

    From chernoochko, on Sat 26 Jul 5:33AM

  10. Please say it isnt true! Gomes cant catch and Robbo was the a god. He will come back to haunt us!

    From andrewjonharrison, on Sat 26 Jul 4:21AM

  11. robinson is @#$% end of story

    From kev, on Sat 26 Jul 2:28AM

  12. pleople should whatch they languages .fotball is a crazy world and they are all overpaid .but dont offend players is not they fault is yours (fans )

    From a.barroso@..., on Sat 26 Jul 1:47AM

  13. best keeper we have had since jennings our loss is blackburns gain good luck robbo

    From dave.martin33, on Sat 26 Jul 12:13AM

  14. After reading all the comments are realize that there are a few of you lacking in the upstairs department. How can a bad goalkeeper play for England ! Great signing !

    From Templegate2, on Sat 26 Jul 12:08AM

  15. Outlawed, please dont laugh at other peoples spelling when you cant even make sense yourself. Football is boring.

    From o0_king.joe_0o, on Sat 26 Jul 12:01AM

  16. Good luck Robbo, didn't want to see you go. Was hoping, maybe, just maybe your confidence would return, but it seems not.

    Best of luck fella.

    From Karl G, on Fri 25 Jul 11:17PM

  17. LOL its SAVES not AVES, I think you need to get a grip son, What do you do for a living because your obvs a very talented man.......Robinson is a confidence player, he was Englands NO1 you dont get to be at that level if your not a great player......... stick to ping pong m8 you might no more!!

    From outlawed666, on Fri 25 Jul 10:54PM

  18. Robo...see you son.the lane will miss you unfortunately you had a howler last year.

    From marc.turner, on Fri 25 Jul 10:37PM

  19. Its vocabulary not vocaulary. And tbf hes a piece of @#$% goalkeeper who makes aves for the camera. Plus hes two stone overwieght

    From manu0862@..., on Fri 25 Jul 10:17PM

  20. As a Spurs fan i wish Robbo all the best. Despite all that happened he was always loyal. I will miss him.

    From Danny Hooper, on Fri 25 Jul 10:11PM
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