Monday, January 19, 2009

Is he leaving or not?

The latest on the Kaka to Manchester City news is that the Citizens have pulled out of negotiations. Hmmmm, posturing or is the deal really dead? I think much more of the former. When you are talking about the sums of money on the table and the talk that has been coming out of Manchester about getting such world class players, not sure how this deal will just die. Now, maybe Kaka does not end up in baby blue in February, but I would be surprised if he was not in that colored stripe come next August.

Of course it does not help when the president of Milan, Silvio Berlusconi , comes out and says his Brazilian is not for sale. But again, posturing? I think so. 100m pounds in transfer fees will make any team think twice about holding on to any player. Adding those funds can allow any team to "rebuild."

I think that Silvio will end up taking the money from the Citizens and run. Manchester City will just add another jewel to their ever growing stable of players that an unlimited coffer can purchase.

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