Manchester City skipper Richard Dunne has rubbished claims of Robinho becoming isolated amongst the squad.

"He's really nice, Robinho," said Dunne. "He'll chat to anyone. He smiles on the training ground, and he'll try different things. Sometimes they'll come off, and sometimes they won't.

"But he's willing to try, and he's willing to teach people. He's a really good character to have in the group."

City teammate Shaun Wright-Phillips added: "We all get on with him. And he's not as quiet as he looks in the dressing room. But we like to have noisy people around.

"His taste in music is all right. I like an eclectic selection of music anyway, so I'm all right with it."