Premier League - Kaka cool on Man City move

Eurosport - Thu, 15 Jan 09:13:00 2009

Kaka has distanced himself from a £91 million move from Milan to Manchester City, saying he wants "to grow old" with the Serie A club.

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Despite talks between the two teams over a world-record deal, the Brazilian said he wanted to become captain of Milan, and said he had rejected the chance to leave the San Siro.

Kaka said: "My objective is to become, in the future, captain of this team. I know that there are people older than me and first there are (Paolo) Maldini and (Massimo) Ambrosini, but after that...

"I have already turned down significant offers."

City executives travelled to Italy on Tuesday to meet with their Milan counterparts, and the Brazilian playmaker's agent said a move to Eastlands before the end of January is "not impossible".

City chairman Garry Cook, two representatives of owner Sheikh Mansour and Kia Joorabchian, who is acting as a mediator, met with Milan vice-president Adriano Galliani and club advisor Ernesto Bronzetti.

Milan attempted to play down the meeting's significance, saying: "Galliani received a delegation from Manchester City yesterday in Milan as a gesture of courtesy like always in these cases.

"There are no talks at the moment."

However, Kaka's agent Diogo Kotscho confirmed City's interest and said the 26-year-old would like to play in the Premier League.

However, he also warned that City's reported contract offer of £13.5m per season would not be enough to persuade him to move.

"To accept Manchester City, Kaka wouldn't consider only the money, but the competitiveness of the English side," Kotscho said.

"Ricky (Kaka) would like a strong side. He would never do something like Robinho, who, just to earn more, contented himself without a winning solution."

The talismanic Brazilian has been linked with a switch to City ever since the Abu Dhabi United Group took control and immediately made bold claims regarding transfer policy - including the boast they would pay £135m for Cristiano Ronaldo.

City's sensational £32m capture of Robinho under the nose of Chelsea proved Mark Hughes's side have the spending power to entice world class talent, but club president Silvio Berlusconi said he thought Kaka was not for sale.

"I know nothing about a Manchester City offer for Kaka," said Berlusconi. "I think he's not transferable and given that is the case, he will stay at Milan."

In November Kaka admitted he was flattered by City's reported interest, but said it would be difficult to leave Milan.

Kaka has scored 86 goals in 244 games since moving to the San Siro in 2003. City fans may have fond memories of his demolition of Manchester United in the 2006-07 Champions League semi-final.

Alex Chick / Eurosport

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  1. wenger please look not down into the deal of arshevin­ and do what ever you can to bring for us this­ experience to the already unbooosted children but­ relatively skillfull squard.

    From Ojara Lakwotism M, on Fri 23 Jan 4:53PM

  2. colinsmith19..man city will win the championchip next­ year..cocacola championchip..then tehy will finnish­ again 18 or 17 the season after..then your beloved­ arabs will live you with 1billon debt...watch this­ space.. go mark huges go...the worst manager in the­ world..

    From NUNO, on Fri 16 Jan 7:54PM

  3. jealously gets you no where if it was your team with­ money it would be different so go and @#$% yourselfs­ man city will start winning things next year watch this­ space and yes i no that kaka and plenty other top­ players will be here next season,so all you united fans­ watch this space and put your dummys back in @#$%.

    From colinsmith19, on Fri 16 Jan 1:35PM

  4. being a city lover all my life, its fantastic to see,­ people not liking it. Chelsea bought success, before­ that russian @#$% took over chelsae were @#$%.someones­ comment about the arabs supporting palestine, well of­ course they are, and the F***ING JEWS HAVEa nerve to­ complain about the holocaust, what the f*** are they­ doing to the palestinians(whos land they took). its the­ same, just not on the same scale, but over a far longer­ period.israel should be drowned in pigs blood. the man­ city idea is not instant success but over a 4 year­ period. so all you non city supporters can f*** off and­ die.

    From dave.m.b, on Fri 16 Jan 1:31PM

  5. man city r not even good thell never be as good as­ manunited they have money but no talent
    accept robinho­ and hell leave soon look where mancity r bottm half of­ the table

    stupid arabs

    From sxc_silk_smith999, on Fri 16 Jan 12:45PM

  6. hope that their oilfields dry up soon...

    From leon, on Fri 16 Jan 11:11AM

  7. this arab got money to waste on one player @#$% head­ win sumat first.......lol

    From HAFIZ, on Fri 16 Jan 3:58AM

  8. manchester city!!!!don't you ever dream to get­ kaka'.kaka' is a great player and i think he­ don't want to join the team from bottom of league­ table!!!!

    From yazeed, on Fri 16 Jan 1:46AM

  9. absolutely ridiculous...evryones taking the piss out of­ city and they deserve it...why would anyone even­ consider paying £110 million pound for a player...you­ can buy another premiership club for that...i hope­ milan milk city for as mcuh as possible...even with­ kaka the league is about 3 decades away for them!!

    From rhys j, on Thu 15 Jan 7:45PM

  10. absolutely ridiculous...evryones taking the piss out of­ city and they deserve it...why would anyone even­ consider paying £110 million pound for a player...you­ can buy another premiership club for that...i hope­ milan milk city for as mcuh as possible...even with­ kaka the league is about 3 decades away for them!!

    From rhys j, on Thu 15 Jan 7:45PM

  11. FOR THE SAKE OF CHRIST, WHAT IS FOOTBALL TURNING INTO?­ LAST TIME I LOOKED FOOTBALL IS NOT A ONE MAN SPORT,­ FOOTBALL IS A TEAM GAME CONSIST OF 11 PLAYERS, SO WHY­ SHOULD MANCITY PAY £91 MILLION FOR ONE PLAYER, DAS Y­ SOME PEOPLE DONT LIKE FOOTBALL ANYMORE CAUSE IT ALL­ ABOUT THE MONEY NOW ADAYS NOT THE LOVE AND EXCITEMENT­ OF THE GAME, FIFA BETTER DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT, THE­ GAME IS BECOMING BORING.

    From Stephen, on Thu 15 Jan 4:36PM

  12. success does not come over night .cheque book teams are­ not the answer.

    From cox9nb, on Thu 15 Jan 1:48PM

  13. why dont city offer 250 or 500 million on each top­ player lol

    From Paul T, on Thu 15 Jan 1:12PM

  14. No Disrespect To City Top Top Players Like Kaka Will­ Never Go To Them, Top Players Are Already On Massive­ Money So Its More Of The Lure Of The Club, Its History­ Etc ... Top Players Will Mostly Only Want To Go Top­ Clubs.

    Its Easy To Talk A Good Game But Untill City­ Can Match There Amibition Theyll Never Lure Footballs­ Elite.

    Robinho Was A Steal For Them In All Fairness,­ But He Wasnt A Starter At Real And Often Played Out Of­ Position And Lets Face It, The Longer City Stay At They­ Bottom Half Of The Table, How Long Will He Be Willing­ To Stay There For???

    I Wish City All The Luck In­ Breaking Englands Big Four And Its Interesting
    (Being­ Scottish) To Watch, But Theyve Got A Long Way To Go,­ And I Hope They Realise With The Kaka Saga That Having­ Silly Money To Throw About Doesnt Always Mean You Get­ Your Player

    From Philip, on Thu 15 Jan 11:59AM

  15. Doesnt seem to matter how much they offer the best dont­ want to go to wastelands ... the shakeys going to work­ this out soon ...

    From Glenn T, on Thu 15 Jan 9:18AM

  16. Did any one point out to Kaka that City will be playing­ in the Championship League and not the Champions League­ next season. Maybe the money men, conveniently, messed­ up the translation.

    From mike faz, on Thu 15 Jan 9:17AM

  17. I think Man city need a new manager before anything­ else.

    From kop it, on Thu 15 Jan 8:59AM

  18. True, On the news he said he will stay at the club till­ he HAS to leave.

    From Nath, on Thu 15 Jan 8:24AM

  19. Come on City you could get Keith Gillespie for £500 PW­ and hes twice the player Kaka will ever be.

    From BFS, on Thu 15 Jan 8:02AM

  20. Yeeeer booooy!Thats it Kaka it's just about the­ game and your life,There is no chance of putting money­ infront instead of concedering yourself.That's how­ footballers should be!

    From akbar, on Thu 15 Jan 7:57AM
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