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( 14 January 2009 )

English Premiership football News

Kaka plays down link to Man City
Brazil star Kaka says he wants to stay at AC Milan despite talk of a transfer to Manchester City.

A delegation of the city was in Milan and allegedly made an offer in the region of £ 100m, with a weekly salary of £ 500,000 for the midfielder.

However, 26 years, said the website owned by TV Mediaset Milan owner Silvio Berlusconi: "I want to grow old in Milan.

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

With AC Milan Paolo Maldini is currently the captain armband, Kaka added: "I know there is a hierarchy and Maldini and (Massimo) Ambrosini is before me, but then ..."

After the first reports of the offer tabled on Wednesday, the City has refused to officially comment on the story.

A city spokesman told the BBC Radio Manchester: "We have been linked with more than 70 names that could come in this transfer window.
"We will not be drawn into any speculation on the names of any kind."

AC Milan has confirmed that its Executive Director Adriano Galliani met with the City on Tuesday to discuss the future of Kaka.

In a statement, the Serie A club said: "Galliani received a delegation from Manchester City yesterday in Milan as a gesture of courtesy, as always in these cases. There are no discussions yet. "

The current record for a player to the signing of £ 46m when France Zinedine Zidane moved from Juventus to Real Madrid in 2001.

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

The midfielder has also chosen to attack the Ballon d'Or and the Fifa World Player of the Year in 2007.

Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, estimated to be worth £ 15bn, the city has taken as the owner in September 2008 and funds were made available to manager Mark Hughes.

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

The delegation of four men who traveled to Italy for talks with officials in Milan have included executive chairman Garry Cook, and two representatives of the Sheikh.

BBC Radio 5 Live's senior football journalist Ian Dennis said Sheikh Mansour stressed the move "desire to transform Manchester City", but added: "By taking advantage of what would be an incredible coup, is another matter .

With the club struggling in 15th position in the Premier League, it gives a tremendous impetus City if they were to seal the agreement of one of the best players in the world.

However, it is estimated that the move to target Kaka is led by club officials rather than Hughes himself.

Having started his career at Sao Paulo where he scored 58 goals, Kaka moved to Milan for € 5 million and has scored 86 goals in 244 appearances.

He also picked up 62 caps for Brazil and scored 23 goals after making his debut against Bolivia in January 2002 and presented in the 2002 World Cup winning team.

Kaka is under contract at San Siro until 2013, and last February he said he wanted to stay in Milan for the rest of his career, he alluded to a desire to play in League - which he described as the "best in the world championship."

After the surprise £ 32.5 Robinho's move to Eastlands and not in September, as planned, in Chelsea, the spokesman Diogo Kotscho City Kaka has warned it would need more than one control to convince the player to travel.

"Kaka would not do anything based on money," said Kotscho Corriere dello Sport. "I would never something like Robinho, who, for better, the content itself a solution that is not a success."

Italian football expert Gabrielle Marcotti told BBC Radio 5 Live, he said that the delegation of the city has started conversations with representatives spoke signing Milan keeper Nelson Dida.

"If I understand correctly, they are supposed to go to Milan as part of Ruse to talk about another player and during the conversation made Kaka and they said they would be willing to spend as much," said Marcotti .
by bbcnews.