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.
Buy who you like sh?ty fans..you will always be second to the real manchester team so you should accept it ,no matter who you buy your always gonna be NO2 in manchester..ALL THE BEST REGARDS STEVE LOL
From vlf126 on Thu Jan 15 08:30AMParker once again showing his lack of brain~~~~~
First~ Are you implying that Hughs don't want Kaka to play in his starting line-up??? I wonder which manager on earth don't want him to be in his team sheet~ he should be grateful if he is given such a talent~
Second~ The Honda engines are producing the most powerful engines under limited engine capcity~ and the new honda civic is lapping faster than many genuine sports car (even faster than cars like the Aston Martin Vanquish V12) on the top gear track.
From vitorlam on Thu Jan 15 08:48AMCity still haven't replaced Corluka yet. Kaka would get into any team but money could be spent alot better.
From jay8my on Thu Jan 15 09:32AMi guess parker hope that city sign him play for city...lol
From triange_0 on Thu Jan 15 09:42AMstupid amounts of money the transfer is not the issue
From williamjohnston951 on Thu Jan 15 10:52AMMilan won't let Kaka go for any sum and Kaka will never leave for money. Success is more important to him unlike Robinho who literally sold his career
From martin.mitevski26 on Thu Jan 15 12:20PMI think splashing money around is not a good incentive for players or the wider game, but if u have it u spend it, and thats if ur bid will be accepted, KAKA is ageing and if he thinks Man City is a big enough club for him and coupled with the outrageous pay packet, then he should come n join in d fun in d premiership.
From ikjones2k on Thu Jan 15 12:27PMIf any of you can honestly say you would turn down half a million pounds a week then you,re crazy. Yes money is ruining the game, i totasll agree with that. but while its there, he would be a fool not to take it
From kmscun on Thu Jan 15 12:32PMNice analogy there Paul. You could also say its like putting Paul Parker in a Manchester United team.
From scott_clegg on Thu Jan 15 01:38PMwhat a load of garbage if this is true why no reference to chelski who when rom took over spent obscene amounts of money and became perrenial title challengers as a result everyone gobs off about man city but they are not the first club in the prem to do this are they sod off paul "£$% player" parker
From dingell1978 on Thu Jan 15 02:23PMmoney rules the world.get a grip
From adegoke_sola on Thu Jan 15 02:38PMVery bitter comments, but to be expected from an ex rag. Sad really when you look how much money bacon face wasted at manure before getting it right. Liverpool have spend around £300 mil trying to recapture past glories - no one moans, MAnure spend £27 mil on Veron and £30 mil on Weoo, 12 months after Leeds bought him for £12 mil, no one says a thing. They spend £30 million on a Berbatove - (after we'ed bumped the price up) for a 28 year old - oh and they will get £90 mil for Tranaldo in the summer or will they turn it down so they dont 'ruin' football - Martin Samuel is the only pundit with anything valid to say on this subject - the rest is bilge.
From spbaxi71 on Thu Jan 15 02:58PMKaka's only as good as he is because he's surrounded by top class players. Put him in an average team like City and his performance's wont match up.
From wullie_t_collins on Thu Jan 15 03:08PMi agree.i support milan and the money would be good for milan but to be honest i would rather have kaka.he said himself that he wants to grow old at milan.would any of yous leave milan(one of the greatest clubs of all time) to go to man city(a team with money but no success.their out of both cups and in the bottem half of the premiership).so he should stay at milan
From irishmackem on Thu Jan 15 05:00PMParker seems to be wearing his old Utd hat here with his views on Kaka to Man City, just how much has MU spent over the past 10 years on players for around £20m plus, on the likes of Rio, Veron, RVN and Wayne Rooney ( just to name a few ), and only this season they have spent around £50million on three players.
Utd are hundreds of millions in debt and yet still they try and buy the title with money borrowed from the banks, at least City, and come to that Chelsea, use money earned by their owners.From tonyenglish on Thu Jan 15 05:49PMGive me a break. Kaká to City is like Messi to Palermo or C.Ronaldo to Mallorca - never gonna happen. So dream on Cityfans - this is not football manager. It's beyond naive, to think otherwise. I can understand your excitement over all that money at your disposal, but Kaká already earns plenty at Milan and is giving loads to charity. Clearly money isn't an issue for him, he said so himself yesterday. And what else can City offer him - nothing!!!
From jakoblund on Thu Jan 15 06:06PMi wouldnt have a honda civic type r if you were giving them away.funny that goes for man city tickets too!!
From fourabbotts on Thu Jan 15 08:08PMi wouldnt have a honda civic type r if you were giving them away.funny that goes for man city tickets too!!
From fourabbotts on Thu Jan 15 08:08PMHey at the end of the day football is a job to the players. How many of you will turn down a nice FAT A.SS pay rise to move to a smaller and not so good company?
From maolijiang on Thu Jan 15 08:18PMshut up parker coz u were only worth a fiver
From c.northover on Thu Jan 15 08:30PMThe amounts being banded around are in fact mental but if they are trying to create something great which is all good for the premiership (apart from the fact everyone might have to start paying more to players that get handsome £ already and presumably push ticket prices up) then let the club get on with it, hes a great player and perhaps not a bad role model to kids learning the game so good look to them creating something to challenge for champions league and has to good for Manchester in general
From john18iwish on Thu Jan 15 08:41PMI have to agree with Paul on this as there's no way the money offered for Kaka is coming from the clubs finances, i doubt if Man City ever had anywhere near that kind of money in their accounts, this is clearly being funded by the owners own personal wealth, if Kaka has any sense he'll reject this move & stay exactly where he is at
From waynenewell744 on Thu Jan 15 09:27PMpaul parker.MAIN MAN
From paula.pink1 on Thu Jan 15 09:54PMAnd what do all of you silly City fans think the next player will cost you? Since then, everyone will know youll pay over the odds for a player!
You think these crazy owners will spend billion on players?
From irvin_selimovic on Thu Jan 15 11:37PMthe 11 best players in the world will not necessarily make the best team in the world, I hope they do sign him and go down, be funny watching robinho and Kaka playing a midweek Championship game against Blackpool on a cold miserable night in November!! haha! No offence Blackpool...
From bullheadboyuk on Thu Jan 15 11:54PMHow is it the "easy" way out going from Milan to Manchester City? Surely Manchester City is a lot tougher task than winning at Milan.... I don't understand how his religion has anything at all to do with him moving to Manchester City.... who cares.... I would like to see a new team challenge for the title in the EPL...
From gtn310 on Fri Jan 16 12:00AMits ok for chelsea and man u to spend millions each season but cause city av got the spending power they r all saying its bad for the game, well i dont see robiniho or kaka bad for the beautiful game, you are jealous n scared of what city r about to come the greatest team in the world, @#$% on u blues
From philipellinsworth on Fri Jan 16 12:18AMThis column is total @#$%. First you say you decided not to move to the club you supported as a boy, so your a glory hunter. Then you say you know mark hughes well and basically are saying he's not in control of his club, good mate you are. And Kaka joining Man City is no more crazy than when David Beckham joined LA Galaxy.
From jimmy_norris1980 on Fri Jan 16 12:57AMThis column is total @#$%. First you say you decided not to move to the club you supported as a boy, so your a glory hunter. Then you say you know mark hughes well and basically are saying he's not in control of his club, good mate you are. And Kaka joining Man City is no more crazy than when David Beckham joined LA Galaxy. I hope he joins Man City and starts a revolution at Eastlands. Hullo Hullo!!!
From jimmy_norris1980 on Fri Jan 16 12:58AMAnd if it was Manchester United that was bidding for him, i'm sure you'd be fully in support. Take off your red tinted glasses Parker
From swisstonydunn on Fri Jan 16 01:12AM
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