Manchester City ace Robinho says Chelsea have only themselves to blame for not signing him in the summer.

The Blues were so convinced they had landed him in the offseason they put a picture of him on their website mocked up in a Chelsea shirt.

This enraged Real Madrid and, according to Robinho, scuppered the deal.

He said: "It was Chelsea's own fault. I didn't want to stay at Real any longer and Chelsea knew that.

"At the beginning they were the only club who had made an offer. Manchester City, at that time, had not but Real did not want me to go to Chelsea for two reasons.

"Everything would probably have been OK but they put that picture of me on the website and Madrid were very upset about that.

"The second is Chelsea are in the Champions League and, with me, would have been even stronger.

"Then, on the last day of the transfer window, City made an offer that was very good for myself and my family, so I accepted."