Defender’s Milan woe has had a Silva lining

ANTONEE ROBINSON
By Chris Dunlavy

PLAYER PROFILE
FULHAM LEFT-BACK

TOUGH TO STOP: Fulham’s talented defender Antonee Robinson
PICTURE: Alamy

BUT for an errant can of Red Bull, Antonee Robinson might today be playing alongside Zlatan Ibrahimovic at the San Siro.
In January last year, AC Milan offered Wigan £6m for the young left-back. The Latics accepted, and Robinson boarded a flight to Italy to complete his dream move.
Within hours, however, he was back on British soil. During an exhaustive medical, doctors at Milanello had picked up an irregular heart rhythm. A hospital visit confirme...

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