Robinho insists Manchester City are capable of winning the Premiership title this season.

He told The Mirror, "Nobody was interested in listening to me a year ago - but I think they will have to believe me when they see what is happening to City now.

"I think we are now on the brink of something very special. I want to win the championship this season. I think we can challenge for the title.

"I could understand why questions were asked about why I joined City last season because here was a club that had not celebrated any kind of success for many years.

"It was said that I had come purely for financial reasons, that I had forgotten about my ambitions because of money. I said at the time that I signed because I had been sold a vision of Manchester City becoming a powerful club, not just in England, but throughout the rest of the world."