Robinho may return for City

Manchester City manager Mark Hughes is debating whether to restore Robinho to the team for the UEFA Cup quarter-final match against Hamburg at Eastlands.

Robinho may return for City

Manchester City manager Mark Hughes is debating whether to restore Robinho to the team for the UEFA Cup quarter-final match against Hamburg at Eastlands.

The club’s record buy was relegated to the bench on Sunday in the home defeat by Fulham but strikers Craig Bellamy and Benjani Mwaruwari are injured as City aim to overturn a 3-1 deficit in the second leg of tomorrow’s European clash.

Shaun Wright-Phillips (ankle), Vincent Kompany (hamstring) and Wayne Bridge (hamstring) are also receiving treatment while Nigel de Jong is cup-tied.

Team (from): Given, Richards, Onuoha, Dunne, Zabaleta, Bridge, Wright-Phillips, Elano, Ireland, Kompany, Robinho, Bojinov, Garrido, Fernandes, Sturridge, Evans, Etuhu, McGivern, Hart, Petrov.

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