markprendy
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Firstly we all know Cook was one of Nikes best marketing executives, but is he up to the job of dealing with highly complex huge football transfers?
Even though I agree that Milan are as crooked as they come and are amateurs at negotiating, I have to say Im suprised Cook was naive enough to think Kakas wages would not be brought up and discussed. Lets not forget this wasnt the first visit over there. They must have had a figure established already that they were willing to pay. So when Milan pushed to reveal Kakas wages, why not tell them the amount and then say this will be discussed fully further down the line, blah blah blah. Instead he has been quoted "We chose not to get into that and we didn’t make an offer to the player". It looks like Cook was ducking and diving when this subject was brought up. This must be why Milan said, "we thought they serious but they werent". Its possible Kakas father was trying to speed things up due to pressure from the fans, etc, but when Cook was asked again at the airport over the phone what they were prepared to pay, simply said, "that's not the way we wanted to conduct the talks and we would have to terminate the discussions there."
Did Cook cut his nose off to spite his face?
Was it a clash of egos?
Either way, Kaka WAS in our grasp and we chose to walk away. And therefore missed out on one of the best and most important days in Citys history!
I found this below from a website:
"It could be argued Cook got his strategy wrong, having also missed out on Ronaldinho last summer following an equally protracted courtship,
However, he said: "I look at myself. I look in the mirror and say 'is it us?'."
Even though I agree that Milan are as crooked as they come and are amateurs at negotiating, I have to say Im suprised Cook was naive enough to think Kakas wages would not be brought up and discussed. Lets not forget this wasnt the first visit over there. They must have had a figure established already that they were willing to pay. So when Milan pushed to reveal Kakas wages, why not tell them the amount and then say this will be discussed fully further down the line, blah blah blah. Instead he has been quoted "We chose not to get into that and we didn’t make an offer to the player". It looks like Cook was ducking and diving when this subject was brought up. This must be why Milan said, "we thought they serious but they werent". Its possible Kakas father was trying to speed things up due to pressure from the fans, etc, but when Cook was asked again at the airport over the phone what they were prepared to pay, simply said, "that's not the way we wanted to conduct the talks and we would have to terminate the discussions there."
Did Cook cut his nose off to spite his face?
Was it a clash of egos?
Either way, Kaka WAS in our grasp and we chose to walk away. And therefore missed out on one of the best and most important days in Citys history!
I found this below from a website:
"It could be argued Cook got his strategy wrong, having also missed out on Ronaldinho last summer following an equally protracted courtship,
However, he said: "I look at myself. I look in the mirror and say 'is it us?'."