Italian authorities have request for the extradition of former AC Milan and Manchester City player, Robinho, from Brazil.

The former Brazilian international is expected to serve a nine-year sentence.

Robinho is accused of involving in gang raping a 23-year-old lady on her birthday in a nightclub in Milan.

At the previous appeal, Robinho did admit to having interacted with the woman, but called their engagement completely ‘consensual’.

Robinho and five accomplices were found guilty of their heinous act in 2017 and his conviction was properly confirmed by an appeals court in 2020.

Some of the evidence used to convict the former Real Madrid star included phone calls and text messages between Robinho and his friends.

However, Robinho’s legal team claimed that the messages tendered in court were mistranslated into Italian.