If Kaka Joins Manchester City – Pros And Cons
£100M, I repeat £100M for a player, and you want to offer him £500,000 / week – to quote Chris Rock: “You can do what the f*** you want to me for that much money!” and who wouldn’t.
Last time I checked this is football not baseball, where over inflated prices and contracts are the norm. I believe Kaka, born Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite, joining Manchester City will be a huge mistake on his part, mainly because of the drop in prestige.
Do not get me wrong, there are benefits of him joining Manchester City, especially on the Brazil front; there will be a strong Brazilian contingent at Manchester City consisting of JO, Robinho and Elano. Compared to Ronaldinho and Alexandre Pato who are at AC Milan, gloomy Ol Manchester does not seem to be that great.
Since the departure of Shevchenko to Chelsea in the summer of 2006, the playmaker became the focal point of Milan on and off the pitch. The end result: AC Milan winning another champions league title and the midfield maestro hard efforts culminating in the world player and Ballon D’or awards, even managing to appear on the TIMES 100 list of influential people, on top of all this Kaka is a perfect role model to kids compared to other stars, looking at you _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
Kaka signed to AC Milan from club Sao Paulo for around £4.25m (I bet Arsene Wenger regrets rejecting him when he was in his late teens), selling him for £100M would mean a profit of £92m+, then again no player, and I repeat no player unless their name is Edson Arantes do Nascimento in his prime, is worth £100m.
The benefits of Kaka joining City would be:
- Money, money, money, MONEY: Reports of him being offered £500 000 a week would mean he would get money in the bundles, also being the most expensive player eclipsing Zidane’s record £54m. However i highly doubt KAKA is part of the new age mercenary of footballers (looking at you Robinho.)
- Walk in to the first team: Kaka would easily walk into city except Kaka does not need City, City does not need Kaka. They have enough players who can do the job such as Elano.
Comparing Elano to Kaka is like comparing a Mercedes to a Bentley and having both is great- both great cars, but the Bentley will always win. Having both would be great, but you can only drive one, if you want another analogy it’s like having two wives; one will always be the favourite, and another will be disgruntled.
In addition you can only accommodate one, but if you are a Russian gymnast, you could accommodate both it is possible though the likelihood of Mark Hughes keeping both satisfied whilst avoiding the polygamous marriage ending in disaster is similar to the chances of Cristiano Ronaldo getting married first thing tomorrow morning to a sober Amy Winehouse.
- Partnership with Robinho: A devastating partnership can be formed with Robinho and Kaka and this would massively help out Dunga as he will get two Canarinho starters playing with each other each week. However Kaka is already doing this with the rejuvenating Ronaldinho, whom, when I last checked, is much better than Robinho.
- Premiership: The Premiership is arguably the best league in the world, and Kaka playing 100mph football per week is always going to be a benefit and it will increase his skills, especially his fantastic speed asset. Having another world player of the year plying their trade in England would surely boost revenues.
Now for the negatives:
- Match made in hell. Football and money do not mix. Name me one player who has done well playing for a club, not for the honour or merit, but for the fame and fortune… don’t worry I’ll be here all week.
- Pato and Dinho over Robinho and JO. Ronaldinho VS Robinho, Pato VS JO. AC Milan has got this on lock; two time World player of the year who fell from grace, but is making a comeback against money hungry mercenary who turned down a chance to work with world cup winning coach for £250,000 and the adoration of fans desperate for the abolishment of over 40 years of hurt. Then future world class striker with the ability and potential to be next winner of the Ballon D’or against a £17m flop-so-far.
- Ancelloti better manager than Mark Hughes. Where is the loyalty, Ancelotti is one of the main reasons for the former world player of the year becoming one of the best players in the world. I doubt Mark Hughes is capable of taking the Brazilian to new heights or maybe even get the best of the Brazilian like Carlo has. Maybe he could, but I highly doubt it.
All for all, KAKA joining City would be a step back. Maybe a team like Barca, Arsenal or United could make him excel and would allow him to become a better player. Whereas City on the other hand, I highly doubt. He may become a flop, he may succeed and knock united of its perch as King of the world, but I pinched myself and woke up.
His career especially with the gold and green machine which is Brazil, would die a slow and painful death, that is just my opinion, and I sincely hope it does not happen, but if you like for it to happen post your opinion.
Topics: AC Milan, Brazil, English Premier League, Football Transfers, Manchester City, Serie A
Football News 24/7
I read your article with a growing sense of disappointment,i respect your right to an opinion,but disagree with you on almost every point you make,
for starters the pros: you say money money money but when has kaka ever been influenced by the cold hard cash,if you speak to people in football circles, you will find him to be an honourable and generous man without the ego or thie bile that seems to contaminate other footballers(Rooney/Ronaldo etc). Walk into the first team,please name me a team he couldnt walk into ???to continue further you have contradicted yourself on one hand you state that playing in the premiership
‘is always going to be a benefit and it will increase his skills, especially his fantastic speed asset’therefore making him a better player surely,but then counter this with.
‘His career especially with the gold and green machine which is Brazil, would die a slow and painful death’ so in your opinion he becoming a better player would kill his Brazil career. it was a nice idea this article but maybe you should have thought it through before you typed it up.
P.s if you want a better article writer make me an offer???although id hate my glittering career to be ruined by such a small ‘team’! Thank you.
January 16th, 2009 @ 18:54Ok now for the negatives
Match made in hell, name a player who is doing well playing for money! Ronaldo,RonaldinhiO(unless you truly believe hes not on his final pay day),Drogba,Adebayor,Berbatov(sorry you did say playing well didnt you).
Pato,dinhio v rob and jo, i agree they are better players but how long have city been able to buy quality players of their ilk,approx 6 months or so no? and what are we trying to do in the first proper transfer window since our takeover, thats right buy one of the WORLDS GREATEST players,and its unlikely to think if he does come he will be the last WORLD CLASS player we buy?so by the end of summer who knows maybe PATO or dinhio(unlikely as i think we wouldnt want him now) might even be playing for us!
January 16th, 2009 @ 19:12Ans as for ancellotti being a better coach than mark hughes i do agree but then Mark hughes has done very well whereever he has managed so maybe just maybe he will do well here,
on a seperate note i find your picture of KAKA offensive(the ‘i belong to money’ one),heres my challenge to you name a world class footballer who donates at least 10% of his wage to charity, who builds hospitals and schools across the globe not just in his homeland!a player whi is as deeply religious and equally deeply respected within the football community, dont worry ill be here all week!!!
Kaka’ joining City would be totally a disaster as Milan wouldn’t be capable of winning anything without him. Buying other players to replace him could also end up with the new players not play well with the rest of the team players. I agree to the fact that Kaka’ wouldn’t improve at Man City unless there are better staff members.
January 17th, 2009 @ 12:44Kaka n man city is not at all a good combination…
talking bout money , Kaka’s either be a fool or he’d be a saint to let go such a big deal..
Recent reports of his clashes with milan had been denied by him , so i doubt him moving from milan.
Also , his positive comments on ronaldinho at the time of “Big Tranfer” can be a proof that he’s happy to work with his brazilian teammate..
Author’s prediction of Kaka growing as a player in England , however seems doubtful to me, Charm and class are two different things , and its better if i don’t go into details…
Adding to my comment… i’d like to point the Author out on his claim of KAKARONALDINHO > KAKAROBINHO is unconsiderable..
As a playmaker , kaka needs a better finisher than a winger..
so it can’t be predicted..
as far as Manu and Arsenal are concerned , Sir Alex and Arsene must be prying to their respective gods on this deal … i guess u get my point>> ..
January 18th, 2009 @ 08:53I think that it should not be, because I think that he is controled by the rich people.
January 18th, 2009 @ 14:19Many footballers are controled by the rich. But I think that it is interesting because
mancity have many goodfootballer.So, I like that he will be England club.
Another anti City piece – all this jealousy is not good for you all, it will make you ill in the long term. Do the same as us loyal City fans, enjoy it.
January 18th, 2009 @ 20:07dont do it kaka.
January 18th, 2009 @ 21:18The biggest mistake City’s owners made was assuming they could just walk in to a mid-table club and start buying the best players in the world. Sure, money talks, but most footballers actually have passion for the game and want to play at the highest level, not where Man City is at. I think City should have gradually improved the squad over 2 or 3 years, pushing up the table and into the top 4 before they started this crazing spending. They’d probabely save a lot of money (at least on wages) if they didn’t have to pay players so much to play for them.
January 19th, 2009 @ 03:10I think that kaka should join Man City. With city’s money, they could get some good players and be real contenders next season. I could be really wrong though, which i probably am.
P.S. I’m a City fan
January 19th, 2009 @ 18:22Premiership the best league in the world ??? Are you sure???
January 20th, 2009 @ 13:32