Kaka To City Inching Closer And Closer

By: chris | January 15th, 2009

Is this it? Will tomorrow be the day football history isn’t just made, but the previous standard completely annihilated beyond recognition? Is Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite going to become worth twice as much as an in-his-prime Zinedine Zidane?

It certainly looks so, because Milan have given the go ahead for Kaka to speak to Citeh after their unthinkable bid of £107m.

“Milan has authorized the negotiation with City,” Diogo Kotscho, a spokesman for Kaka, told the BBC*. “The next step is Kaka’s father will talk to Manchester City.”

* – Yes, this deal is so colossal it’s being stalked by Bloomberg. Can Kaka save the global economy too?

Milan are saying they haven’t accepted the bid, but how many teams allow their under-contract players to discuss terms after a bid they plan on rejecting? None? Negative one? Everything – including common sense and braindead monkeys – point to Milan accepting this offer and going on a shopping spree (or paying off those debts they supposedly have). Nobody is worth this kind of money. Absolutely nobody. Take it and run.

According to the guardian, this is how the deal shakes out:

Last night Milan’s vice-president Adriano Galliani confirmed the club were “evaluating” an offer for Kaka, and gave the midfielder permission to speak to City. The fee widely reporting in Italy as being in the region of €120m (£108m). However unconfirmed reports said City’s total payment will near €150m (£135m), breaking down as:

• €120m as a fee for Kaka

• €20m in agents’ fees

• €10m for Kaka’s father

Kaka’s dad being Jesus, of course.

And Daryl was on top of things, as he quickly realized “that means they value Kaka’s father higher than Criag Bellamy (9m bid rejected)”. Who wouldn’t?

Of course it’s going to take a helluva bid to Kaka’s papa to make things work, but if they’re going to offer that much scrilla for the fee, why would they ever balk at Kaka’s demands? The question is how much will it take to get Kaka to refute this statement made just days earlier – if there is such a price at all?

“I am extremely happy here. I want to grow old at Milan. My aim is to become, at some point in the future, the captain of this team. I know there is a pecking order, with [Paolo] Maldini at the front and then [Massimo] Ambrosini, but after that … I have already turned down some major offers.”

I’m on the fence with this fascinating situation. This is incredibly dangerous for football and would officially usher in an era of foolish excess on the blue side of Manchester – making Robinho look like a frugal buy in comparison – but I almost want to see a transfer fee this astronomical exchange hands purely for fantacalcio reasons. I just want to see it to see it. Plus it would, you know, get Kaka out of Serie A…

But lord, what seemed just days ago foolish delusions of grandeur is becoming one of the most mesmerizing transfer situations in recent times and one which could become, financially and potentially for sheer impact, as Kaka would be joining a team just two points above relegation and with little chance of Europe next year, the biggest transfer ever.

For more on this burgeoning historical situation, check out the respective team blogs.

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