AC Milan are set to accept Manchester City's offer of £100million for Kaka.
Sportsmail understands that the relegation-threatened Barclays Premier League side are confident that the Italian giants will allow them to talk to the Brazil striker after City made a formal approach.
Sources close to the deal have also indicated that reports in Italy of Kaka turning down the offer 'were not made in the past 24 hours'.
The 26-year-old reportedly told Mediaset - a TV channel owned by AC Milan president Berlusconi: "I want to grow old at Milan. I want to captain this team.
"We all know that there is a pecking order at the club. Maldini and Ambrosini are before me but my ambition is to lead the club.
"There have been significant offers for me, which I have turned down."
Kaka's spokesman Diogo Kotscho has further fuelled speculation that a deal will be done after he told Sky Sports News that "a deal this month was not impossible".
Kotscho added: "Kaka will talk to Manchester City if the two clubs agree a fee.
"The Premier League is one of the best and he wants to play there. I don't know if it will be at this time or not.
"It is not impossible, but it will be difficult to reach a deal with AC Milan."
It is now up to the player to decide whether he wants to switch Milan for Manchester.
The Eastlands hierarchy are keen to have Kaka available for the visit of Newcastle on January 28, and are expected to step up negotiations with the superstar today after lodging a 'cash' bid yesterday.
A four-man riot squad, led by chief executive Garry Cook, met senior officials at Milan’s headquarters with the authority to offer a personal cheque from Sheik Mansour for the Brazilian superstar.
The Abu Dhabi billionaire is prepared to make Kaka the world’s highest-paid player
on £15million a year after tax, the equivalent of £500,000 a week gross.
"We know about the meeting yesterday in Milan," Kotscho told Sky Sports News' chief news reporter Bryan Swanson on Wednesday.
"We now have to wait for negotiations between the two clubs. If that happens, it is not about money.
"If Manchester City are to become one of the top teams in the world they have to have a project to be the best. At this time we can negotiate to join them.
"If they have a good project, and can get other players, to become one of the top teams in the world - like AC Milan are - then we can negotiate.
"Kaka wants a professional challenge, he wants to play in the UEFA Champions League and he wants to become the best player in the world again."
Meanwhile with City in such high-profile talks, manager Mark Hughes chose a strange time to criticise the January transfer window.
The City boss has claimed that the transfer window is unhealthy and admitted that he preferred the old system.
"I don't particularly like the transfer window because you have to wait to address things that could be sorted out a lot more quickly under the old system," Hughes told the Manchester Evening News.
"I am sure there were reasons behind bringing in a transfer window in the first place but I cannot fathom what they were.
"There have been weaknesses in our squad for quite some time and I have not had the opportunity to address them.
"Now we get to January and prices are inflated and the expectations areheightened. I don't think it is a healthy situation."
City's billionaire owners are desperate to strengthen Hughes' squad and have made offers this month for Scott Parker, Roque Santa Cruz, Shay Given and Craig Bellamy - as well as their record-breaking £100m bid for 2007 FIFA World Player of the Year Kaka.
But the club are becoming increasingly frustrated in their efforts to bring fresh faces to Eastlands as Premier League rivals ensure City pay a premium for any new signing.
