City open talks with AC Milan over Kaka

[-V-]

The owner of Man City was pretty much born into an endless pit of money. These people don't exactly work hard for their oil wealth.

So if you being a talented, hard working footballer was offered a slice of this fortune would you turn it down? Kaka may well do so because he cares about his culture and religion, charity work etc. But if you were offered a £10m signing on fee and half a million a week i doubt you or 99.9% of players would say no

[lickedlollipop]

or mourinho i can see him taking this job the chance to destroy the scum in there own back yard and the money available will be too tempting,and hes the best man to control the egos because his is the biggest of all,city are going to dominate whether we like or not im afraid.

you know that came on my mind too. what I rly wanna see, that mancini take over some italian club so he could face inter... biatches!


..another thing,.. i don't think Hughes actually want Kaka. i got that feeling.

[Craig_H]

What manager wouldnt want Kaka?

[-V-]

Ofcourse he doesn't want Kaka. He has Darius Vassel and Benjani in attack

[Vermilion]

The owner of Man City was pretty much born into an endless pit of money. These people don't exactly work hard for their oil wealth.

So if you being a talented, hard working footballer was offered a slice of this fortune would you turn it down? Kaka may well do so because he cares about his culture and religion, charity work etc. But if you were offered a £10m signing on fee and half a million a week i doubt you or 99.9% of players would say no

Kaka says he is going to become a preacher when he stops playing, he already spends fortunes on his Charities back home, so i think he'll look at it and think...wow, how many childrens homes could i build with that sort of cash...FiveHunderedThousandPounds...EVERY 7 FWCKIN DAYS, hard to resist for the self styled crusader for good, and 'good' costs money.

But i hate the way this is going, i expected them to spend, but this is silly. Yes if it was us it would be hard, no impossible not be excited, but still, it's not good for LFC.

[dww]

you know that came on my mind too. what I rly wanna see, that mancini take over some italian club so he could face inter... biatches!


..another thing,.. i don't think Hughes actually want Kaka. i got that feeling.

What manager wouldnt want Kaka?

Well, quite. I see the point that is being made in that I don't think that Hughes would necessarily want him to be an early recruit in a team building process but there is rarely any harm upgrading a player to one of teh best in teh world.

Ofcourse he doesn't want Kaka. He has Darius Vassel and Benjani in attack

Always makes me smile when Vassel gets a game for the worlds richest team.

[Reece]

Manchester City assistant manager Mark Bowen says Brazilian superstar Kaka is "very close" to a world record-breaking transfer from Italian giants AC Milan.

A City delegation has been in Italy and reportedly made a bid in the region of £100m for the midfielder.

The 26-year-old had earlier vowed to stay at the San Siro but Bowen told BBC Sport Wales: "We believe the deal is very close.

"We are selling the future plans of the club to the player."

Kaka's adviser Diogo Kotscho said the 2007 Fifa World Player of the Year would be open to a move to Manchester City if Milan wanted to sell.

And Mark Hughes' right-hand-man Bowen revealed: "I've read a lot about his love of AC Milan - and that goes without saying - but even when people said the deal was dead, that was not our understanding.

"We are still hopeful of still signing Kaka.

"The situation has been a surprise to everyone but obviously negotiations have been going on for a fair while.

"How close we are I don't know but our understanding is that it is very much a strong possibility that Kaka will be coming to Manchester City."

Some media outlets reported that the deal was off because Man City had decided to withdraw their offer to Milan.

But Hughes told a news conference on Thursday that the club were continuing their pursuit of the player, insisting that "negotiations are still taking place".

It is impossible to say whether it will go through or not but we will let everyone know when there is something to say

Mark Hughes

Hughes also said he was very much part of discussions to bring Kaka to Eastlands.

"It would be naive to think I have not been involved in discussions over this transfer. I have had meetings about it and have had an input," said the Welshman.

"It is impossible to say whether it will go through or not but we will let everyone know when there is something to say."

Kaka's representative insists any move to Manchester City would be done for the right reasons and not just for the reported £500,000-a-week wages.

"It is not impossible, if Milan let us talk, then we will see what City have to offer," Kotscho told BBC 5 Live.

"Kaka knows about the offer but the club did not give authorisation for talks, so we did not meet.

"It was a great proposal but it's not about only money.

"We have to see if Manchester City have a project to become a Champions League team and become one of the top teams in the world, and to stay there long term."

"Kaka wouldn't do anything based on money," Kotscho earlier told Italian newspaper Corriere dello Sport.

Kaka move will change English football - Shearer

Previously Kaka had told the website of Mediaset, a TV company owned by Milan owner Silvio Berlusconi how he wanted to stay at the club for life.

"I want to grow old at Milan," he said.

"I repeat what I have always said. Other clubs can make all the offers they want but it all depends on Milan.

"As I have said before, as long as Milan share my goals, I would like to stay here. Then if one day the club wants to sell me, than that would be a different matter altogether.

"My aim is to become at some point in the future the captain of this team."

With Paolo Maldini currently holding the AC Milan skipper's armband, Kaka added: "I know there is a hierarchy and Maldini and (Massimo) Ambrosini are before me, but after..."


606: DEBATE
To pay someone £500,000 per week to kick a football, no matter how brilliantly, perfectly illustrates just how insane our world actually is

BBC Sport's Paul Fletcher

AC Milan confirmed that their chief executive Adriano Galliani had met officials from City on Tuesday to discuss Kaka's future.

In a statement, the Serie A club said: "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."

The current record for a player's signature is £46m when France's Zinedine Zidane moved from Juventus to Real Madrid in 2001.

Kaka joined Serie A giants Milan from Sao Paulo in 2003 and has since won the league title, Champions League and Club World Cup.

The attacking midfielder has scored 86 goals in 244 appearances for Milan. He has also picked up 62 caps for Brazil and scored 23 goals.

Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, estimated to be worth £15bn, took over as City owner in September 2008 and extensive funds have been made available to Hughes.

However, he has only secured the services of Wayne Bridge in January's transfer window, with bids rejected for West Ham forward Craig Bellamy and Blackburn striker Roque Santa Cruz.

The four-man delegation that travelled to Italy to initiate talks with the Milan officials is believed to have included executive chairman Garry Cook and two representatives of the Sheikh.

RECORD TRANSFERS
£47m Zinedine Zidane (Juventus - Real Madrid)
£37m Luis Figo (Barcelona - Real Madrid)
£34m Hernan Jorge Crespo (Parma - Lazio)
£32.5m Robinho (Real Madrid - Man City)
£31m Christian Vieri (Lazio - Inter Milan)
£30.75m Dimitar Berbatov (Tottenham - Manchester United)

BBC Radio 5 Live's senior football reporter Ian Dennis says the move underlines Sheikh Mansour's "desire to transform Manchester City", although he added "actually pulling off what would be an incredible coup is another matter entirely".

With the club struggling in 15th position in the Premier League, it would give City an incredible boost if they were to seal the deal for one of the world's best players.

However, it is thought the move to target Kaka is being driven by the club's top officials rather than Hughes himself.

Kaka is under contract at the San Siro until 2013, and although he stated last February that he wanted to remain at Milan for the rest of his career, he did hint at a desire to play in the Premier League - which he has described as the "best championship in the world".

Every player has his price - Marcotti

Italian football expert Gabrielle Marcotti told BBC Radio 5 Live he believed the City delegation had begun conversations with Milan representatives talking about signing goalkeeper Nelson Dida.

"As I understand it, they went to Milan supposedly under the ruse of talking about another player and in the course of the conversation they brought up Kaka and said they would be prepared to spend this much," Marcotti said.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/man_city/7830199.stm

[The Erectile Banana]

Interesting report.

Kaka was distancing himself from a deal yesterday.

Looks like it could still be on.

[-V-]

It will happen. Milan can't afford to refuse that offer and once its accepted Kaka will move

[Vermilion]

It will happen. Milan can't afford to refuse that offer and once its accepted Kaka will move

He'll see it as a message from God, giving him almost unlimited wealth to do good in future...he'll move if Milan decide to sell, for sure.

[The Erectile Banana]

It will happen. Milan can't afford to refuse that offer and once its accepted Kaka will move

Milan would be stupid to refuse such a large offer.

Kaka hasn't been brilliant for them since the season before last and 100M would go a long way towards rebuilding their aging side.

[Craig_H]

Copied from elsewhere, made me chuckle...

Kaka Call

I have come across dialogue between Man City and AC Milan superstar Kaka. Unfortunately I only have the script from the City end but I think it is clear for all as to the total content:

"Hello, is that Kaka? How do you fancy becoming the supply line to Craig Bellamy and Darius Vassell this winter?

"No, your fellow countryman doesn't like the cold and will be out until mid April - but you will play alongside Stephen Ireland"

"No, Kaka, Ireland is a person not a country"

"yes, I fully appreciate that he is not Ronaldinho, Pirlo or even Beckham but many fans have him in their fantasy football"

"I know you are currently the richest man in Italy but we can double it!"

"erm, well, we have had a bit of a slide recently and we are currently 15th"

"erm, out of 20...... but Mark Hughes once won the double for our neighbours"

"Hughes"

"Ex Blackburn boss"

"Blackburn, Blackburn Rovers"

"No, Blackburn......Black.....Burn"

"HUGHES man, HUGHES!!!"

"He once scored a good goal against Spain"

"No, thats Gerry Armstrong..... anyway, are you coming or not?"

"Usually about two thirds full but if we play a big team its really rocks"

"yes I know, but we dont even have a car park cos all the fans walk to the ground they are so local"

"Relevance? well, I suppose its all they have to brag about whether its true or not"

"Only the one to be fair but its called 'blue moon' you will love it"

"Blue"

"yes, definitely blue, always has been"

"No, no, no, they are in Trafford"

"yes they are, steeped in it in fact but what good is history to you my ambitious friend?"

"erm, 1976 I think"

"it was the er, the er League cup if memory serves me right"

"Well, the plan was to get in the top 4 this season and then....."

"yes, I realise that but....."

"Aston Villa? Whats it got to do with them?"

"Yes, I know but we have been down this history route already"

"How the heck does a Brazilian playing in Italy know about Nottingham Forest?"

"Yes, yes, and Leeds United also made a final but you are missing my point, this is all about the future"

"Give me strength......HUGHES!!!!"

"yes I know he did and he was a legend there but he is a changed man"

"forget them, they are falling apart"

"But all those trophies were won last year! They have won nothing in 2009"

"I have told you.... 1976!!!!"

"How the heck does a Brazilian playing in Italy know that Virginia Wade has won Wimbledon since then?"

"Yes she probably is in her 60's"

"I dont know, probably about 10 league titles, 2 european cups and countless domestic cups what has that got to do with it?"

"76,000 why?"

"yes, every game, even minor cups I suppose, but where is this getting us?"

"Yes, the league cup is considered a minor cup over here why?"

"I know, I know, I know, ok perhaps they won the FA Cup in 1970 or something does it really matter?"

"look, Kaka, we will treble whatever you are on now, buy you a mansion in Alderley Edge and give you a helicopter for your front lawn....are you joining us?"

"NO!, its owned by the council - what has the ground got to do with anything"

"well, officially its the city of manchester stadium but most people call it Eastlands"

"EAST!, not Waste"

"You will be adored there"

"No, not there, here I meant"

"No, thats Old Trafford, I meant adored here at Waste....erm, Eastlands"

"Anderson??? what does he know?"

"Ok I hear what you say, but other than Pride, Ambition, Achievement, History, Passion and a large car park - what can they offer you?"

"what do you mean no credit left in your phone.....I phoned you"

"Hello, Mr Kaka,...... Mr Kaka are you there?............................YOU RED B*ST*RD!!!!!"

[BFG]

Copied from elsewhere, made me chuckle...

Reads like it's from redcafe.

[Craig_H]

Reads like it's from redcafe.

I dunno, might be. I saw it on another LFC forum.

[BFG]

I dunno, might be. I saw it on another LFC forum.

I wasn't accusing you of anything

Just looks like a Manc has written it.