Braggster
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Kakà - the Italian perspective
It is clear that City are pressing hard. This report is on the Mediaset website (for those who don't know, Mediaset is the media empire owned by Silvio Berlusconi):
<a class="postlink" href="http://www.sportmediaset.it/mercato/articoli/articolo19676.shtml" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.sportmediaset.it/mercato/art ... 9676.shtml</a>
The gist of this article is that City had serious discussions with the Milan hierarchy, with heads of terms being a fee of €100m (which I guess more or less equates to the £100m being reported over here given current exchange rates) and a wage of €15m per year - NET!
It's quite a detailed report saying that Cook, 2 of the Sheikh's aides and Joorabchian as a mediator were present as well as Galliani, Milan' sporting director and head honcho and advisor Ernesto Bronzetti. Milan are seriously entertaining the offer (in fact one could guess as much from the fact that Galliani agreed to meet Cook - there's no way he'd do that unless it was a real possibility)
The fact that this appeared on Mediaset is significant given that Berlusconi is Milan's owner. It does seem to suggest that Milan/Berlusconi are at least thinking about it.
There's also this, which has been reported in UK media. It's a quotation from Silvio:
<a class="postlink" href="http://www.gazzetta.it/ultimora/agrnews.jsp?id=" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.gazzetta.it/ultimora/agrnews.jsp?id=</a>{520DAA1B-379A-4041-AF47-102DDB7861DA}&cat=calcio&sezione=CALCIO
But it is not as emphatic a denial as has been translated. He says: 'I HOPE he's untransferable and I HOPE he stays at Milan.' Not exactly an unqualified denial, is it?
Now, I have no idea whether this is going to happen. But it is clear that it's a very real possibility. Personally I think Milan want the money, but are trying to make it look as if they are resisting gallantly to avoid an uproar among their fans
It is clear that City are pressing hard. This report is on the Mediaset website (for those who don't know, Mediaset is the media empire owned by Silvio Berlusconi):
<a class="postlink" href="http://www.sportmediaset.it/mercato/articoli/articolo19676.shtml" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.sportmediaset.it/mercato/art ... 9676.shtml</a>
The gist of this article is that City had serious discussions with the Milan hierarchy, with heads of terms being a fee of €100m (which I guess more or less equates to the £100m being reported over here given current exchange rates) and a wage of €15m per year - NET!
It's quite a detailed report saying that Cook, 2 of the Sheikh's aides and Joorabchian as a mediator were present as well as Galliani, Milan' sporting director and head honcho and advisor Ernesto Bronzetti. Milan are seriously entertaining the offer (in fact one could guess as much from the fact that Galliani agreed to meet Cook - there's no way he'd do that unless it was a real possibility)
The fact that this appeared on Mediaset is significant given that Berlusconi is Milan's owner. It does seem to suggest that Milan/Berlusconi are at least thinking about it.
There's also this, which has been reported in UK media. It's a quotation from Silvio:
<a class="postlink" href="http://www.gazzetta.it/ultimora/agrnews.jsp?id=" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.gazzetta.it/ultimora/agrnews.jsp?id=</a>{520DAA1B-379A-4041-AF47-102DDB7861DA}&cat=calcio&sezione=CALCIO
But it is not as emphatic a denial as has been translated. He says: 'I HOPE he's untransferable and I HOPE he stays at Milan.' Not exactly an unqualified denial, is it?
Now, I have no idea whether this is going to happen. But it is clear that it's a very real possibility. Personally I think Milan want the money, but are trying to make it look as if they are resisting gallantly to avoid an uproar among their fans