European and World Footballer of the Year Kaka has rubbished rumours linking him with a move to Manchester City, and says that he will never leave Milan unless they force him to.
Transfer stories about Kaka have permeated the English and Italian press almost all summer, with Chelsea being the club mainly associated with the Brazilian superstar.
However, since the transfer window closed last week, the 26-year-old has also been heavily linked with Manchester City, who are now the richest club in the world following the takeover by Arab billionaire Dr Sulaiman Al-Fahim.
Another club who have tried unsuccessfully in the past to acquire Kaka is Spanish giants Real Madrid, but the Brazilian, who is fast becoming frustrated by all the transfer speculation, has come out an insisted that he will never leave Milan unless... Read more »
After today's training session, Kaká talked about his condition: "My conditions are improving and I'm training to come back for the second match of the league." MILANELLO - Here are the declarations made by Ricky Kaká today after the training session at Milanello:
"My conditions are improving and I am preparing to come back for the second match of the league. Yesterday I did a test, I didn't feel pain. Today I worked harder to get back to playing more quickly.
I'm sad about not being able to be there for the first match of the league, I hope to be back for the match against Genoa, and I will be happy if we do as well there as we did last year.
Tomorrow there's the Uefa Cup draw, I'm unhappy I'm not playing in the Champions League this year. We will try to win the Uefa Cup, it's pointless... Read more »
PARIS (AFP) — France coach Raymond Domenech on Tuesday opted for youth over experience with veteran goalkeeper Gregory Coupet overlooked in the 20-man squad for a friendly against Sweden in Gothenburg on August 20.
The 35-year-old Coupet paid the price for his first team place not being assured in his new club Atletico Madrid and his mediocre performance at the European championships where he conceded six goals during their first round exit.
Rennes right back Rod Fanni and Yoann Gourcuff of Bordeaux have been given their first call-up. Gourcuff has returned to France after a forgettable passage at AC Milan, who have loaned him to Bordeaux, while Fanni has been called in to fill the gap left by injured Bayern Munich defender Willy Sagnol and Lyon's Francois Clerc.
Midfielder Hatem Ben Arfa, who failed to make the grade for Euro 2008, has been recalled after his impressive start to the season with Marseille, as has defender Philippe Mexes, who benefits from the interna... Read more »
FC Girodins Bordeaux won the Trophée des Champions, beating Lyon 5-4 (of which Gourcuff scored one goal =) ). The match was played 2 August, so I'm a bit late, but here's a photo from the match. http://community.livejournal.com/yoanngourcuff/
There are reports in Italy that Chelsea only agreed to offload Andriy Shevchenko to Milan when the Italian club handed them an option on star man Kaka.
Yesterday it was announced that Shevchenko was rejoining Milan, just hours after the transfer had seemingly collapsed, and Vice President Adriano Galliani had publicly declared that Chelsea were unwilling to allow the Ukrainian to leave on loan, and only wanted to sell him permanently.
The turnaround by the English giants came as something of a surprise, and there is speculation in Italy that Chelsea only changed their mind when Milan handed them a future option on Kaka.
Chelsea have been consistently linked with a move for the European and World Footballer of the Year over the last few years, and this summer have been repeatedly associated with a mega-money bid for the star.
In July it was reported that Chelsea had made a €100m offer for Kaka. The next day Milan Vice President Ad... Read more »
MILAN - Today the footballer Kaká was subjected to a control check by professor Martens who had already checked up on him in the past few months. Professor Martens confirmed that the player's knee is inflammated, and advised him to continue for 15 days with the therapeutic protocol he is following.
