Chelsea set to land Kaka for record £80m, wait £100m, wait... £300m!!!

# The Guardian,
# Saturday July 19, 2008
· Negotiations with Milan at an advanced stage
· World player of the year keen on move to London
Chelsea appear set to sign the Milan playmaker Kaka for a world-record €100m (£79.3m) after discussions took place this week, with both clubs and the Brazil international keen for a deal to go through. Sources at Stamford Bridge have confirmed that Chelsea are targeting the 26-year-old and it is understood that Milan are inclined to accept a bid of €100m tabled this week.

Initially reluctant to depart, Kaka now believes the transfer, which would smash the record of £46m Real Madrid paid for Zinedine Zidane in 2001, is in everyone's interests. His contract does not expire until 2012 but he is eager to play for Luiz Felipe Scolari, who gave him his international debut against Bolivia in 2002 and included him in the Brazil squad for that year's World Cup finals despite him being only 20 years old. The current world and European player of the year also believes Chelsea are the most attractive destination in European football.

Chelsea sent a representative to Milan this week to present a bid to the Italian club. Far from rejecting the offer out of hand as is normal practice and as they did with approaches from Real Madrid last summer, Milan sent a delegation to London and negotiations have continued.

Discussions have also taken place with the player's camp over personal terms, with Kaka, who has scored 22 goals in 59 games for his country, set to earn a significant rise on his salary as well as a €15m signing-on fee. He will arrive in Milan today after spending the summer recovering from arthroscopy on his knee at Sao Paulo's training centre in Brazil.

"Real Madrid offered €90m last summer and Milan did not even think about the bid," said Kaka's personal assistant and closest adviser, Diogo Kotscho. "This time is different. This is the first time we feel that a deal will definitely happen. Because of the [financial] situation Milan are in at the moment, the deal is good for all parties involved.

"The move would represent a significant increase in Kaka's salary, on top of the 10% transfer fee that goes straight to the player anyway - some €15m. Chelsea are the club to be at right now. They are building a team to win everything."

Given their current financial difficulties, Milan can ill afford to reject such a huge bid. Having failed to qualify for the Champions League, they have had to cut costs at the same time as embarking on the renewal of an ageing squad. They continue to seek a striker and the sale of Kaka would enable them to follow through on their interest in Arsenal's Emmanuel Adebayor, despite their vice-president Adriano Galliani's claim that Ronaldinho would be their final signing of the summer. Meanwhile, the arrival of the former Barcelona player - and the tumultuous reception he was given - has persuaded them they can release Kaka, safe in the knowledge that they have a glamour signing in his place.

Kaka believes he has shown his loyalty to Milan by staying last season, despite Madrid's interest. He has not demanded a transfer this season either, with the impetus coming from the two clubs. However, he does not want to continue at a club that will not play in this season's Champions League. Kaka's relationship with Galliani and the club's owner Silvio Berlusconi has also been strained by Milan's refusal to allow him to represent Brazil at the Olympics. Milan said Kaka was "tired" - a claim he publicly denied. Worse still, Ronaldinho has been allowed to go to Beijing.

If the deal can be completed it would virtually destroy the chances of the Real Madrid forward Robinho completing his "dream" move to Stamford Bridge. The La Liga champions are unwilling to sell until they can sign Cristiano Ronaldo from Manchester United. Last night Sir Alex Ferguson insisted the Portugal winger would still be at Old Trafford next season.

BS BS BS BS! (sorry, I dont want to repeat BS for four times but I cant post only two letters )

Not in a billion years..

I think it's BS, however I do not trust Galliani one bit after his threats of saying he can sell Pirlo and Kaka to clear what little debt we have and also after Sheva was sold, never mind for less than he was worth at the time.

guys wake up..this is for real!
kaka is leaving, we have to do something
i wish now that ronaldinho wouldnt have came if it means kaka leaving

WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING FOR GOD'S SAKE

ye well it seems that Pirlo, Seedorf, Kaka, Pato, Borriello and etc etc are leaving...

so really...

why will pato leave??

and this galliani is a true idiot, if chelsea are willing to pay 100 million euros thats bcz he will give them a billion euros, chelsea is an investing club not a true club
WAAAKKKKEEE UPPP

Really, you just made me lol

Originally Posted by za3eiry

guys wake up..this is for real!
kaka is leaving, we have to do something
i wish now that ronaldinho wouldnt have came if it means kaka leaving

WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING FOR GOD'S SAKE

"KAKA' E' INCEDIBILE"
19/07/2008
MILANO - In merito alle dichiarazioni pubblicate oggi dal quotidiano inglese "The Guardian", Vittorio Mentana, direttore della comunicazione rossonera, ribadisce "Kakà non è assolutamente in vendita".
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acmilan.com

Milan's director of communication states: "Kaka is unsellable".

so yeah, one of the mods should close/lock/delete this thread

80 Million can buy half a team of star players. Its not such a bad idea.

Originally Posted by Kerlz

80 Million can buy half a team of star players. Its not such a bad idea.

Are you SICK...nothings happening before we see Kaka, Pato, and Ronaldinho on the field for at least a season.

Kaka ain't going anywhere unless this season goes the same or worse then this season...and I knew last season was gonna be the type of season it was before it even started.

My feeling is that they'll live up to the hype. and then they'll want to see home many years they can keep it going.

This season I sill be SHOCKED if we don't go at least to the finals of the UEFA Cup & either win or are fighting for the scudetto in the last two weeks of the season.

Well, this is a sad thing to wake up to; comments from both his advisor AND Kaka' about his future? WTF?!!!!
I'm not going to bother with it right now, but all I can say is that if he goes to Chelsea, I'll have even less respect for him than I did when Sheva left.

Originally Posted by jtelly

Well, this is a sad thing to wake up to; comments from both his advisor AND Kaka' about his future? WTF?!!!!
I'm not going to bother with it right now, but all I can say is that if he goes to Chelsea, I'll have even less respect for him than I did when Sheva left.

did you even read Hassan's post

Yes, however I believe we've heard that before...