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Kaka expresses interest in City
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It's actually 8-10m (but that's the max he could earn, not a basic figure):
http://www.bluemoon-mcfc.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=103663
"2. Kaka has NOT been offered 500k a week but has been offered a very considerable package that COULD earn him between 8-10M a year."
why the hell is 500k a week quoted everwhere else, which is 25m a year?
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It might be but I think any wage figure we see in the media is gross. While it's no £500k a week gross, £10m a year gross would still easily make him the highest paid footballer in the world. Still wouldn't get him into the top 5 NFL or top 10 NBA though.jesus_thats_gre wrote: »That is considerably less insane alright but that is assuming that that is fact..
Also, is it possible that the 8 to 10 million a year is a net figure?
In fact, the highest paid NFL player earns £20m a year. 0 -
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It might be but I think any wage figure we see in the media is gross. While it's no £500k a week gross, £10m a year gross would still easily make him the highest paid footballer in the world. Still wouldn't get him into the top 5 NFL or top 10 NBA though. In fact, the highest paid NFL player earns £20m a year.
I was thinking this deal might not be so insane when considerd in terms of other sports like the American ones NFL, NBA, or even Baseball. But obiously in terms of Soccer its groundbreaking if it goes through.0 -
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As a United fan, I don't at all begrudge Man City spending the money or attempting to acquire Kaka. If anything, I am a little jealous that they have the means to do so and fair play to them. I hope the Man City fans enjoy the next period because it's going to be a lot of fun. And personally, it's going to be great craic for the league in general.
That being said, from the outside looking in I would question the way City are going about building their team for a couple of reasons:
1) We are in the middle of the January transfer season, City's form has been erratic and the defense is leaking goals and the midfield lacks any real bite. City could easily get sucked into a relegation battle. City's attack however, as it stands, is actually v good. Put a decent defense in there and City would easily set themselves in for a good run up till the end of the season and for a summer transfer period where they could add to the squad. Buying Kaka now will not guarantee they avoid getting away from the bottom of the table.
2) The argument that buying Kaka will attract more top players is being a bit overplayed for me. Kaka clearly would of preferred to have stayed at Milan. There is no way in hell that Kaka ever pictured himself living it up in the Eastlands as opposed to Milan. What's changed his mind and Milans??? The bloody money. If Kaka, one of the top 5 players in the world, with one of the biggest reputations, will go to city you can be dammed sure that almost every other player out there will go to City too if they wave the cash. So saying that by purchasing Kaka first is a really clever move because other players will now flock to City doesn't really hold up for me as a good reason to purchase Kaka first. The other players that City need to sign will come anyway for the money, whether or not Kaka arrives. So I think people need to drop that as an arguement. It doesn't hold up. Yes it is a signal of intent and will help but it's not a good enough reason to sign Kaka now ahead of the players you really need. But fair play, he's going to be awesome. I'd just argue you need to get a whole new defense in there before the end of January or you could have some hairy moments later in the season.
3) Chelsea had a very good backbone before RA and basically just added the classy players who could take them to the next level. But they had the steel in the team around which the other players were added. City buying the flair players first comes across as if there is no clear transfer policy - no clear plan/intention to fix the existing weaknesses.
4) Arsenal, Chelsea, United, Liverpool all have a very deliberate style of play and a very obvious team ethic (Chelsea, perhaps, on the latter have seen that slip this season under Scolari you could argue). I worry for Hughes as he is not dictating the transfer policy on some of these signings. You wouldn't see United or Arsenal ever sign a player without the manager actually dictating it around his long term plans for the team. Mourinho left over problems in this regard and Benitez has duelled with Hicks & Gillet over how the club is managed also. The top clubs in English football all seem to rely on a strong manager who has his fingers on all the tenants of the football club. The signing of Kaka and how it is being handled is a clear indication that Hughes days are numbered. A pity as he is a talented manager and is just in the door.
All I am really saying is signing Kaka without signing the defense that the team needs first looks a little odd and if Hughes was really dictating transfer policy, he would have his brand new defense by now. The board spending all their time in Milan is potentially distracting them from the urgent signings they need to make (although I acknowledge they are working on a number of options).
Also, all the talk of the business case around the signing of Kaka is a bit meaningless at this stage. We don't know what the long term business plans are for the club. It's clear with the current size of the stadium and club revenue that city could never afford the players that are coming. If the club is ever to make a profit, a massive restructuring of the business is required. Let's wait and see what happens there.
Anyway, I hope ye get em. It's going to spice up the league. The Manchester derbies are gonna be incredible over the next few seasons!
Come On United!
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