By DPA
Madrid : Real Madrid fined striker Robinho 15,000 euros ($21,000) for attending a party in Rio de Janeiro.
The disciplinary action was the final warning for a player whose active nightlife is no longer news to the Spanish club.
A highly placed Real Madrid official told DPA on condition of anonymity that the club would trade the talented Brazilian if he ever shows such lack of discipline again.
The “Robinho affair” was the hottest topic in the club’s leadership meeting Monday, and Real Madrid imposed the highest possible fine for such behaviour.
The Brazilian daily O’Globo provided abundant details of the celebration of the national team’s 5-0 victory against Ecuador last week in Rio.
The daily said that Robinho, Ronaldinho and other players attended a party that went on for hours and was complete with alcohol, sex and furtive escapes by footballers as they left the nightclub.
Moreover, O’Globo said at one point Robinho — who had been seen dancing with a voluptuous blonde — asked a security guard “for 40 condoms”, adding that the Real Madrid player left the disco at 5 a.m.
The 23-year-old Robinho’s involvement in similar activities has been documented in the past.
In January, Spanish media accused him of turning up at a Real Madrid training session drunk — an allegation that was never denied by the club.
The striker is currently expecting a child and is set to marry his girlfriend early next year.