what the papers say

Brazilian blend

We kick off with a look at two of City's Brazilian buys

The Sun

"Top 10 Brazil stars in England"

ROBINHO’S arrival at Manchester City has rocked the Premier League.

The forward was expected to join Chelsea in the summer but signed for City at the 11th hour after they were bought by mega-rich Arabs.

And the former Real Madrid ace already looks like a wise piece of business — even at a British record £32million.

To mark his impact, we have selected the best Brazilians to ever play in England.

No10: Geovanni

Former Barcelona forward Geovanni has a habit of upsetting the big boys. After signing for Manchester City last year, he scored the winner in the derby with United. And despite a summer move to Hull, he again proved his value with a superb strike in the shock win at Arsenal on Saturday.

No5: Elano

Signed during the haze of arrivals in the early days of Sven Goran Eriksson’s reign, Elano emerged as arguably the best buy. The £7m midfielder immediately demonstrated his eye for wonder goals and although his form tailed off, he is now threatening a return to his best under Mark Hughes.

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"Martin is a SunSport fallguy"

WILSON PALACIOS produced the most shocking dive since Greg Louganis smacked his head on the Olympic springboard 20 years ago.

Wigan star Palacios collided with Manchester City defender Javier Garrido before launching himself into orbit and performing an extravagant somersault, pike and tuck. It was enough to impress ref Steve Bennett, who awarded Latics a penalty.

SunSport decided I should try to emulate the worst dive in recent memory on a muddy field in Lancashire yesterday — and let REAL diving sensation, British teenager Tom Daley, tell me how I got on.

And let me tell you, to get in as many twists and turns as Palacios did while appealing to the ref before hitting the deck takes some doing.

So how did I do? Olympic ace Daley, 14, said: “Your first effort was great, a real 9.5. Your legs are nicely tucked, your body is straight and your arms are pointing skywards. A quality effort which would have impressed the Beijing judges.

“But your second attempt? What a mess. Look at those legs — they’re all over the place. You’ve landed bum first and that is never going to win you Olympic medals.

“Sorry, that’s only a 2.5. Best not give up the day job!”