Surprising nobody's been talking about this in here. But
[size=8]Is Kaka going to Man Shitty (sorry, City) for £100mil?![/size]
What was first a rumour no doubt fuelled by media speculation to sell more copies of newspapers has gained momentum to become global headlines. Reportedly it would be £100mil+ plus an extra £10mil for Kaka's personal use if he signs on top of £500,000 a week. Yes, a week. And all to kick a football about.
Now Kaka is fastly denying he's going anywhere and wants to grow old with the club and become it's captain one day. An admirable quality I feel, I personally would like to see more players stay loyal to their clubs and not just become turncoats the second a big money offer comes through. However, AC Milan are bound to think otherwise, with a transfer fee that not only breaks the world record, it grabs it by the throat and smashes it over it's knee before pissing on it's remains. Shame really, Kaka's a loyal player for AC Milan and it would appear they're going to be the ones selling him down the river.
It's an absolutely ludicrous sum for any player and as Arsene Wenger put it, "an inflatory price in a deflationary market". Kaka seems a sensible guy who would rather play for a big name club for footballing reasons rather than financial. Let's face it, why on earth would you leave a world renowned club like AC to a club that's not even the best in their city, and currently fighting to avoid relegation? The Arab owner says he would like John Terry for £40 mil, Messi, Mourinho as coach. It's pure fantasy football and reality will sink in at some point. Buying the best players in the world and sticking them in a team does not make them immediate winners as seen many times over.
In other news, Utd have their eyes on the top of the Premiership this weekend, gaining momentum after their 3-0 thrashing of non-existant Chelsea last Sunday and Benitez's now infamous rant on Fergie. Villa look good to grab 4th place this season and from 11th place downwards, it's anyone's game when it comes to the relegation zone.