Paul Parker Article

Kaka move would be madness

Wed Jan 14 12:12PM

I hope for Manchester City's sake that they do not sign Kaka. I think it would be damaging to the club and to the wider game.

I've got a lot of respect for Kaka, who is a wonderful player, but I'm afraid I would lose that respect if he accepted a move to City.

If you are Milan, it is hard to turn down £90 million for one player, but I simply can't imagine why Kaka would go through with it.

He is meant to be a religious man, a family man; somebody who is concerned with more than money and is not a mercenary. Surely common sense must tell him that you do not leave AC Milan for Manchester City.

Robinho joining City was crazy enough - this would take it to a whole new level and send out a terrible message that money rules everything in football.

When I signed for Manchester United I could have joined Tottenham, the club I supported as a boy. I would have been paid more money and been able to keep living close to home in Essex. Plus it was a glamorous team managed by Terry Venables.

But I wanted to play for the biggest and best-supported club in the country, where I thought I could achieve something - and I was lucky that I coincided with the start of United's success.

I didn't cheat myself by taking the easy way out, and Kaka would be cheating himself if he took the money and moved to a club that is desperate and volatile.

I can't imagine what Mark Hughes makes of all this. I know Sparky well and you can be sure that it is not his idea.

Mark was a talented player but it was his determination and work ethic that made him special - that was the ethos he took to Blackburn and that he is trying to introduce at City.

This is not the Mark Hughes way. He is being forced into it by people who are treating the club as a toy. It's about telling their mates they can get Kaka to play for their club.

There is a risk that after a while they will get bored and want to do something different. I sincerely hope they are serious about the club and want to make a long-term commitment.

City should concentrate on shoring up their defence - as they did with the signing of Wayne Bridge - and helping Richard Dunne and Micah Richards rediscover their form.

The pursuit of Kaka undermines all that and jeopardises the stability in the dressing-room. How would Stephen Ireland feel about it? He has come through the ranks and been far and away City's best player this season. But there is no way you could play him, Robinho and Kaka in the same team.

In any case, it wouldn't be the same Kaka we see playing for Milan and Brazil. It's like putting a Rolls Royce engine into a Honda Civic.

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This is so offensive. I have a Honda Civic Type R thankyou very much.
From nunad16 on Wed Jan 14 12:39PM
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Money Talks 70% of footballers are greedy!
From sean_comiskey on Wed Jan 14 12:50PM
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Nothing to do with the fact you played for UTD then?, if he were to sign for the rags would you print the same old garbage?....NO.
From spezzato65 on Wed Jan 14 12:51PM
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yeah and there rubbish compared to a rolls royce
From lukepalmer on Wed Jan 14 12:56PM
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What a joke! Man City have ambition too... How can they sign anyone if every player they want is accused of being a mercenary? Its not like Paul Parker came throught the youth ranks at Man U. Man City have every right to sign who they want.
From mfranklin444 on Wed Jan 14 12:59PM
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@munad16 your having a Honda doesnt make it offensive. Its true it is a class below a Rolls Royce or a Bentley
From kaggwa2000 on Wed Jan 14 12:59PM
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Get a life Paul, money now talks in football, Real Madrid had the big names, Figo, Zidane, Raul etc and they did win the Champions league. Man city is a working progress Robinho Yesterday, Kaka today, Ronaldo tomorrow. You need to start from somewhere. No team was created with all the big players. I am sure you are worried City will be the biggest and Better team in Manchester,Just sour grapes
From kufuor_dr on Wed Jan 14 01:02PM
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well i think hugues would be the king of the fools if did not use is money..
From amaurydr on Wed Jan 14 01:03PM
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if @#$% teams cant buy good players for money then wat dose that mean that @#$% teams can never change to good teams thats @#$% if man city wants to buy kaka kaka should go becausee thats wat fooball job is if u r a football player u should take the consequences and foget family while u on a job and go meet them in summer holkidays
From mamamaimacat on Wed Jan 14 01:08PM
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ibet he`s bothered about you respect, get a grip Parker your nothing but a rag
From gotto63 on Wed Jan 14 01:15PM
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Parker, you moved to United because you saw them as a team with potential, they had just won the Cup Winners Cup after all. Maybe Kaka sees the same thing with Manchester City? Quite frankly, you come across as a massive hypocrite. Kaka still has his best years ahead of him, he is only 26. City are building for the future, good luck to them I say.
From sakaarson on Wed Jan 14 01:21PM
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chelsea used there buying power to elevate themself to one of the biggest clubs in europe? how can you frown on manchester city doing the same? infact im pretty sure manchester united werent always one of the biggest clubs in the world either....
From hundred_percent_proof on Wed Jan 14 01:27PM
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paul parker, you silly little red
From m.smith119 on Wed Jan 14 01:28PM
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I agree totally. i was literally just shouting about this move before reading this excellent opinion.
This move will damage the already fragile reputation of football. i have friends that are no longer interested in the sport because money has screwed it all up. All those Chelsea signings a few years back made me feel quesy, and now this move will confirm to me that football is damaged and needs repairing. Im not sure what the answer is, perhaps caps on wages and transfers?
Good times are good teams because they have great youth systems,a dn can develop players - it should never be about cash
From mark_gg_daniels on Wed Jan 14 01:29PM
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i think hughes is the wrong man for the job. with better players they are playing worse than they were last season. hughes has no idea how to manage top class players, look at the form of richards and elano this season. makes you wonder how he would fit kaka into his team, using a rigid defensive 442.
From hodaz on Wed Jan 14 01:29PM
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What a bitter, egotistical piece of shoddy journalism from a very poor player who has elevated his own importance in order to stroke an ego way above his sad little existence. Why anyone would pay Paul Parker to say anything about football is beyond me. Climb back in to your box you bitter little rag.
From sandj on Wed Jan 14 01:36PM
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nunad16: pleeeeease c'mon on. Offensive? Did you think you actually bought a Rolls when you bought your Civic? You consider it a top-car? I hope not. Be a little stronger for C's sake!
From toneore on Wed Jan 14 01:43PM
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and to think, someone pays you to write this tripe?
From sgarvey on Wed Jan 14 01:44PM
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good luck if man city can get kaka why not at least they are not bullying milan into selling him like the red half of manchester would
From alanjardine1 on Wed Jan 14 01:45PM
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a move is a move. don't you all think the premier league is boring? it's all about 4 teams and there're never surprises. imagine robinho, kaka, c ronaldo and ronaldinho or gerald playing in a team like city. my opinion is there's no competition whatsoever and its always going to be the big 4. i'm a bit surprised at parker and all his ramblings. would it have been a big deal if man u or any of the big 4 made a bid for kaka? we shd all wake up and stop the monopoly...
From princekesson on Wed Jan 14 01:48PM
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a move is a move. don't you all think the premier league is boring? it's all about 4 teams and there're never surprises. imagine robinho, kaka, c ronaldo and ronaldinho or gerald playing in a team like city. my opinion is there's no competition whatsoever and its always going to be the big 4. i'm a bit surprised at parker and all his ramblings. would it have been a big deal if man u or any of the big 4 made a bid for kaka? we shd all wake up and stop the monopoly...
From princekesson on Wed Jan 14 01:48PM
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Yes City should be allowed to go buy who they want if they can. THey in a a way arent though. They wouldnt have wanted Robinho if Chelsea hadnt been after him. They wouldnt have got him if the circumstances werent as they were!
Chelsea also didnt go out and buy the biggest names on the planet. THey paid too much for the player they wanted but every new manager wants their own team so why is it ok for people to go on about how managers inherit a team yet moan when they buy the players to make it their own? Chelsea's big signings were carvalho, ferriera, drogba, cech and robben. None of whom were superstars at the time, just well thought about signings.
This is different from the Chelsea situation in many ways. I feel for people abusing city in a way as well though. How come if someone who is a bit less rich buys a club no one says they will get bored and move on? people with less money have more to lose by not moving on!
From sav46e on Wed Jan 14 01:56PM
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i am a united fan living in the netherlands .but i think that is game money makes the world go round and that being the case kaka have the right to play in any team he wish to.are you jealous
From famaraftty on Wed Jan 14 01:57PM
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14, i agree. if kaka signed for city he'd be downgrading himself, no offence to city, but milan is one of the best clubs in the world with a lot of history, and it has made kaka into the player he is today. he has no allegiance to manchester city, and has said in the past that he would never play in england. it would be sad to see himself compromising his values in order to earn a few more million than he already does
From carlsberg_kahuna on Wed Jan 14 01:58PM
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Lets face it...they dont even have thier own stadium so why dont they just try renting kaka...lol!
From stuartxland on Wed Jan 14 01:59PM
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Cant play robhino kaka and ireland together?? Why???
From mikewwfc on Wed Jan 14 02:02PM
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"But there is no way you could play him, Robinho and Kaka in the same team." I beg to differ. All 3 of them can play in an attacking mid-field, support striker or wide role. City unfortunately do not have a striker capable of performing the lone role; enter Roque Santa Cruz.
From tevez_united on Wed Jan 14 02:08PM
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How can he call man city a volatile club. Just look how many times man u have been in trouble with FA over moany ferguson and i believe it was CANOTNA who fly kicked a fan and was sent to prison. That is VOLATIE. urgh so bias
From lopezmaxi92 on Wed Jan 14 02:13PM
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stuartxland your just a bitter man u fan if city have the money why not your teams problem is you bully teams to sell players then when its done to you you f++king moan and start disrespecting other teams
From alanjardine1 on Wed Jan 14 02:20PM
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you're a red nose idiot .parker and you always will be . man U have always spent their way to get the best ,now the money in your arch rivals pocket your sayinng money rules football. money has always ruled the premiership thats why it exsists ,its wrong but a fact of life nnow ........go back to your zimmer frame u were nothing special when you played .....@#$% !
From eltonman2002 on Wed Jan 14 02:22PM
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