Make what you will of the title of this blog posting but one thing's for sure, Kaka is set to dominate the headlines until Monday next week when AC Milan finally make a decision on the Brazilian playmaker's future. That, of course, means that Kaka could still be at the San Siro next season despite all the frenzy.
What's interesting though is that the Rosoneri seem determined that Kaka will not be heading to Chelsea despite reports the Blues were willing to splurge GBP73 million to bring the Brazlian star to Stamford Bridge, especially when Madrid are reported to have made a much lower bid of Euro 65 million.
That's right, Madrid's bid was in Euros. As such, if you convert Chelsea's supposed bid in Euros, it would have been worth Euro 71.9 million. And that's the sort of cash even Florentino Perez wishes he had. So why would Milan snub Chelsea?
Maybe it's because Chelsea never made a bid in the first place. After all, where on earth would Carlo Ancelotti play Kaka when he's already got Frank Lampard, Michael Ballack, Michael Essien and John Obi Mikel in midfield? (Ricardo Carvalho has suggested he'll leave the Blues. Maybe Ancelotti could play Kaka as a centre back?)
Or was Chelsea out of consideration simply because they stole Ancelotti from Milan. Yes, Milan may have let Ancelotti go but that was only because of a supposed fallout with club owner and cheif megalomaniac, Silvio Berlusconi. And why would Berlusconi have an issue with Ancelotti? Maybe it has something to do with the fact Blues owner, Roman Abramovich had been courting Ancelotti from the time the former sacked Avram Grant. That was 12 months ago, by the way, if you're asking.
Even Ancelotti's revealed so in his autobiography, going so far as admitting he's been coaching Chelsea on paper for months! (That could also explain why Milan did so poorly in the Serie A last season). And consider what vice president Adriano Galliani said: "An agreement with Chelsea could not exist. Kaka goes to Real or he remains at Milan."
Could not exist? I wonder if Galliani was insinuating something. Or maybe the translation from Italian was bad. Nonetheless, all this is mere speculation at this point and the only club remaining in the running for Kaka is Real Madrid, who want to buy Ronaldo after they get the Brazilian star (isn't there a financial crisis going on right now?)
Still, I wonder if there'll be an 11th hour surprise from Man City in this whole saga before Monday.
It's going to be a battle of egos at Real, and perhaps the end of his starry career? All the big names at Real seem to have faded away or grow old there.
ReplyDeleteAs for Ronaldo, maybe Ferguson might just let him rot on the bench next season for his PMS-y tantrums? :)
Sorry Trent but this posting reads more like the plot for Angels and Demons rather than a footy post. Has Final Kick gone all X-Files on Manchester City or is the truth out there somewhere? It's all a Twilight Zone to me.
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