Kaka Vetoes Move to Manchester City

The real news behind the failed transfer of the 2007 FIFA World Footballer of the Year Kaka is now coming to light. AC Milan had already agreed to sell their prized Brazilian to Manchester City to the tune of $145 million.

Previous bids for the ace striker had been refused by the club side until AC Milan’s big boss Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berloscuni allowed the English Premier League club to discuss the prospect of transferring Kaka. The most probable reason for the sudden change of heart was the sheer amount of the deal which had both Berloscuni and the AC Milan management found tempting enough to deal the player. But the historic deal would not come into fruition with a simple message from the prime minister that Kaka was staying and it is not about the money.

In retrospect, it would’ve been a win-win situation for AC Milan and Kaka, with the huge pay windfall to be received by Kaka and the financial flexibility for Milan, there would be no arguing as to the numbers for the deal to push through. But the final discussions received by Kaka’s camp became lukewarm when the response made by the Manchester City representative would be emailed the next day, which prompted the player’s manager and father to get up and leave. This annoyed the Manchester City representative since he had thought that the previous discussions had already sealed the deal. This chapter then has been called the “great refusal”.

Arsene Wenger praises Kaka

Arsene Wenger, the Arsenal manager has praised Kaka for his decision to not move to Manchester City after a month of debate since the end of December.

Wenger has praised Kaka for  putting his choice above money which he thinks every player should. Some years back it was Steven Gerrard whom Chelsea wanted to buy for a hefty sum but Gerrard valued his club more than money and ofcourse, Chelsea. Players like these are rare found on this continent. Kaka did a huge favour to the football world say Wenger otherwise, Manchester City would have managed to buy further more. In football greed is not good and player should value the game above all things. Hleb and Flamini left Arsenal last year as a result of a better package at their new clubs but Arsene Wenger thinks that every player has to make decisions for himself. Sometimes there are decision which affect everyone with that player.

Kaka to stay at AC Milan forever!

The world’s most expensive transfer deal failed to materialize after a month of push and pull game. There were rumours that the player has been sold and there were rumours that he will stay but now there will be no more reports as Adriano Galliani has confirmed, once and for all, that the player stays at San Siro forever now. He has signed another deal for the next four and a half years he is going no where.

Manchester City can now try doubling the bid but Kaka is going no where. The player said that he will never Milan and even if he considers leaving he would go to the spainsh giants Real Madrid. The football pundits predicted that this deal will bring major consequences to world football if legends like Kaka leave clubs like Milan for money. But it was not the player who was interested but the club who wanted to cash a lottery on the Brazilian ace.

Only one Manchester: Beckham

AC Milan’ English midfielder David Beckham is certainly not impressed by the financial strngth of Manchester City, as he still believes that only his old club, Manchester United are still the noteworthy club from the city of Manchester.

“I only care about Manchester United personally,” the former Old Trafford favourite said in The Sun. City have been bought by a company now and there’s a lot of money there. But for me, United are the only team in Manchester.”

City have been chasing his team-mate Kaka with a huge deal, but Beckham has been trying to convince the player to stay at Milan. “Kaka doesn’t need my advice. He will decide what he wants to do,” he.

“It’s not always about money. It’s about playing for the best team, playing with the best players in the world and winning trophies and being successful.

“He’s one of the best players in the world and every Milan player is there to support him and encourage him, but we will see. We want him to stay.”

Kaka’s father pushing him to City

According to reports in Italian media, the father and agent of Brazilian star Kaka is keen to see his son play for Manchester City. Bosco is meeting Milan officials in Milan later today in order to push his son towards Manchester City as the move looks more and more possible.

Earlier, Bosco had asked Milan for Kaka’s wages to be increased if the club wanted him to stay. This seems unlikely to be fulfilled as the player is already earning 9 million euros per season while  City are offering around 15m euros per year, according to La Gazzetta Dello Sport.

Milan have not looked like accepting this demand from the agent yet but, if their answer  is a ‘no’, then Kaka is likely to be pushed by his father to leave Milan and sign for City. Also, it is reported that Milan will look to balance their books by selling Kaka, and so the transfer looks more likely than a few weeks ago.

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