Louise (Admin)
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Premier League - Kaka cool on Man City moveKaka has distanced himself from a £91 million move from Milan to Manchester City, saying he wants "to grow old" with the Serie A club.
Despite talks between the two teams over a world-record deal, the Brazilian said he wanted to become captain of Milan, and said he had rejected the chance to leave the San Siro.
Kaka said: "My objective is to become, in the future, captain of this team. I know that there are people older than me and first there are (Paolo) Maldini and (Massimo) Ambrosini, but after that...
"I have already turned down significant offers."
City executives travelled to Italy on Tuesday to meet with their Milan counterparts, and the Brazilian playmaker's agent said a move to Eastlands before the end of January is "not impossible".
City chairman Garry Cook, two representatives of owner Sheikh Mansour and Kia Joorabchian, who is acting as a mediator, met with Milan vice-president Adriano Galliani and club advisor Ernesto Bronzetti.
Milan attempted to play down the meeting's significance, saying: "Galliani received a delegation from Manchester City yesterday in Milan as a gesture of courtesy like always in these cases.
"There are no talks at the moment."
However, Kaka's agent Diogo Kotscho confirmed City's interest and said the 26-year-old would like to play in the Premier League.
However, he also warned that City's reported contract offer of £13.5m per season would not be enough to persuade him to move.
"To accept Manchester City, Kaka wouldn't consider only the money, but the competitiveness of the English side," Kotscho said.
"Ricky (Kaka) would like a strong side. He would never do something like Robinho, who, just to earn more, contented himself without a winning solution."
The talismanic Brazilian has been linked with a switch to City ever since the Abu Dhabi United Group took control and immediately made bold claims regarding transfer policy - including the boast they would pay £135m for Cristiano Ronaldo.
City's sensational £32m capture of Robinho under the nose of Chelsea proved Mark Hughes's side have the spending power to entice world class talent, but club president Silvio Berlusconi said he thought Kaka was not for sale.
"I know nothing about a Manchester City offer for Kaka," said Berlusconi. "I think he's not transferable and given that is the case, he will stay at Milan."
In November Kaka admitted he was flattered by City's reported interest, but said it would be difficult to leave Milan.
Kaka has scored 86 goals in 244 games since moving to the San Siro in 2003. City fans may have fond memories of his demolition of Manchester United in the 2006-07 Champions League semi-final.
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Louise (Admin)
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Source: Yahoo Sport
City accuse 'bottlers' Milan
Kaka said he "listened to his heart" in deciding to stay at Milan, rather than accept a record-breaking move to Manchester City, but the Premier League club have angrily claimed Milan "bottled it"
The Premier League club's audacious bid to sign the Brazilian star in a £100 million-plus deal collapsed on Monday night after Milan president Silvio Berlusconi confirmed Kaka was staying, and the player held a Milan shirt out of a window at his home to the delight of cheering fans.
City claimed they had withdrawn from the negotiations after saying the transfer was no longer viable on a number of levels.
Executive chairman Garry Cook said: "We travelled to Milan, clearly with good intentions, and I think they bottled it.
"We entered into a confidentiality and good faith agreement several weeks ago. We knew there were some steps to go through and we wanted to go through those in a professional manner.
"We respected our partners and it turned out that it this wasn't how they wanted it to be.
"Clearly it was not about a project, it was clearly about money. We actually never met the player and the questions we asked simply weren't answered."
Kaka said he never considered himself a City player, despite Milan giving him permission to hold talks about a January transfer.
And the 26-year-old revealed he is "celebrating" his decision to pledge his future to Milan and says money would not influence his future.
"I feel great in a place where everybody loves me and I'm very happy to stay," he told Italian TV.
"My family were great allowing me to take the decision independently. I never argued with my father, as somebody wrote. I have listened to my heart as many people advised me to do.
"At Milan there are many wonderful people like (Berlusconi) and Leonardo, who is much more than a director for me, he is a real friend.
"I have never asked for a raise in my salary and I will never do so. Milan were always nice to me, raising my salary whenever they felt it was fair to do it. I can only thank them for this.
"After Saturday's game many people showed me their support, I have received drawings by kids trying to convince me to stay. It was wonderful. I remember when I left Sao Paolo some fans protested against me, here they all stand by my side instead.
"I'm currently celebrating this decision at home with a couple of friends. I'm a religious person and I believe the path God decides for us is not always the most logical one.
"Milan had never considered any offer for me in the past. This time it was different and I had to think about it but then I decided to stay. My team-mates were incredible. They all tried to tell me something and stay close to me in this period.
"I haven't been a Manchester City player, not even for one minute."
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Saftlad
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What I'd like to know is how can they justify offing to pay him a £10 million fee just to sign on and £500.000 a week for kicking a bag of air about.
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Louise (Admin)
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I agree Saftlad, they are far too highly Paid. 
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