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Robinho offers to sacrifice cash
 Robinho offers to make a huge financial sacrifice to join Real Madrid SAO PAULO, Brazil -- Brazilian international Robinho insisted Tuesday that he is ready to give up the millions that are due to him financially in order to secure a move to Real Madrid. The 21-year-old Santos striker is desperate for a move to the Spanish capital but his Brazilian club have refused an offer from Real. And Robinho said that he is willing to waive the estimated seven million euros ($8.5 million) which would be due to him. "If I have to give up what's due to me to play in Real Madrid that's no problem," he told radio here. "I'm young and have all my career ahead of me." The player's lawyer Wagner Ribeiro added: "Robinho wants to be freed so much that he said that. It's a sign of desperation. I've spoken to him and he wants to give up his rights." Ribeiro, meanwhile, denied reports that Real Madrid had increased their offer. "The last conversation that we had with Real Madrid date from July 3. The offer remains the one that everyone is aware of - 21 million euros ($25.6 million). Santos president Marcelo Teixeira is adamant that with Robinho under contract until 2008 any club that wants to sign him will have to meet a $50 million penalty clause for the player. Teixeira has already said he will free Robinho after the 2006 World Cup. As a sign of protest Robinho -- whose mother was kidnapped but subsequently rescued earlier this year -- is refusing to train with his club, insisting that he can no longer get his head around playing in Brazil. 
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