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[Maluco]

BRASIL....

Real Madrid signs Kaka from AC Milan

Madrid gave no financial details but reports late on Monday said the Spanish club will pay Milan $92 million (€65 million) for the attacking midfielder

MADRID, Spain (AP) - Real Madrid has announced the signing of Brazil international Kaka from AC Milan.

Madrid gave no financial details but reports late on Monday said the Spanish club will pay Milan $92 million (€65 million) for the attacking midfielder, making it one of the richest deals in football history.

Real Madrid is hoping Kaka can deliver them a Champions League trophy like he did for Milan in 2007. (Laurence Griffiths / Getty Images)
The largest previous transfer was set by Zinedine Zidane when he joined Madrid from Juventus for €76 million in 2001.
Milan also confirmed Kaka's transfer to Madrid on its Web site.
Kaka, who passed a medical in the northeastern Brazilian city of Recife earlier Monday, has signed a six-year contract.
"Kaka is one of the players that every team would like to have and Madrid had the chance to get him," Madrid president Florentino Perez told radio station Onda Cero just before the signing was announced.
The attacking midfielder is the first player to join Madrid since Perez regained the club presidency unopposed last week.
Perez has said he intends to revive his "galactico" policy which, as well as Zidane, attracted star players like David Beckham, Ronaldo and Luis Figo to Madrid earlier in the decade.
Kaka, who was the 2007 FIFA world player of the year, earlier this year turned down a world-record €100 million transfer to Manchester City last season.
Kaka, who is in Brazil with the national team for World Cup qualifiers and who will then travel to South Africa for the Confederations Cup, said before he left he was happy in Milan.
However, the size of Madrid's bid appears to have proved too good for Milan to turn down. Last week, Milan president Silvio Berlusconi and chairman Adriano Galliani said the club had made huge financial losses recently.
Madrid's interest in signing Kaka goes back some years. Former Madrid president Ramon Calderon pledged he would sign the player in 2006 when he was running for election.
Perez told Onda Cero that Madrid's pursuit of the 27-year-old Brazilian, whose real name is Ricardo Ezecson Dos Santos Leite, was aided by a collaboration agreement it has with Milan. .moreTeamsDiv { position:relative; float:right; padding-right:10px;}.moreTeamsHdr { background-image:url(/fe/img/Story/moreTeamsOn_header.gif); background-repeat:repeat-x; background-position:top; height:35px; color:#000000; font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:12px; padding-top:4px; padding-left:4px; font-weight:bold;}.moreTeamsLinks a:link, .moreTeamsLinks a:visited { color:#1266a4; text-decoration:none; padding-top:4px; padding-left:4px; padding-right:4px; padding-bottom:4px;}.moreTeamsLinks a:hover { text-decoration:underline;}.moreTeamLinks { font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-decoration:none;}


Milan vice president Adriano Galliani was reportedly in the Spanish capital last Tuesday to pave the way for the deal, along with Kaka's father/manager Bosco Leite.
Perez is expected to attempt to sign several more top names for Madrid before the start of next season. Last week, he announced that Madrid would also be looking to land Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo.
Perez is hoping to revive Madrid's fortunes after a poor season in which it failed to win any silverware while arch-rival Barcelona won the Champions League and the league and cup double.
Nine-time European champion Madrid has not reached the quarterfinals of Europe's top club competition in the past five seasons.
Last week, Madrid appointed Chilean Manuel Pellegrini, formerly of Villarreal, to replace Juande Ramos as coach. The departure of Kaka, who won the Champions League with Milan in 2007 and the Italian league in 2004, came a week after the Italian club's coach Carlo Ancelotti left to take charge of Chelsea.

[Maluco]

De acordo com o site do jornal argentino Clarín, os jogadores e o técnico Diego Maradona fizeram um juramento no vestiário logo após a derrota diante dos equatorianos. Com isso, a vitória sobre a seleção brasileira virou obrigação.

So Argentina, adding another loss, this time to Ecuador, 0 - 2, makes a vow while still in the locker room after their loss to defeat Brasil in September...?

What?

[mbonder]

Christiano Ronaldo to Madrid for 80 million euros...131 million dollars!!!

Thank god he's finally left Man U, long time coming.

[CleanAzzE30z]

Im so pissed its not even funny. Why do I keep geetting my heart broken by the seleccion?!?!? FUCK!!! Credit to Ecuador they played well and where it counted.


Mariano

[Eurospec]

I saw Cristiano Ronaldo a couple days ago at Nineteen 12. He was about 10 feet away from me, couldn't believe my eyes. So bummed I didn't shake his hand or meet him.

[Maluco]

I saw Cristiano Ronaldo a couple days ago at Nineteen 12. He was about 10 feet away from me, couldn't believe my eyes. So bummed I didn't shake his hand or meet him.

OR

have asked him wtf...

[CleanAzzE30z]

I saw Cristiano Ronaldo a couple days ago at Nineteen 12. He was about 10 feet away from me, couldn't believe my eyes. So bummed I didn't shake his hand or meet him.

Holy shit. I met Dennis Farina at 1912. You go there?? I wouldnt have gone up to him seeing as I cant stand him.



Mariano

[Eurospec]

Holy shit. I met Dennis Farina at 1912. You go there?? I wouldnt have gone up to him seeing as I cant stand him.



Mariano

It was my first time there with friends who frequent the place. Very nice ambiance.

[delatlanta1281]

I'm surprised you didn't have to may $130 million just to see him. ;)

[SA E30]

I'm going to watch the Confederations Cup Group match tonight Italy V USA and next week I'm going to watch the semi finals. It will either be Brazil v Spain or Italy V Spain.

It is going to be a blast!

[delatlanta1281]

Wait, are you saying the US can't beat Italy!

[SA E30]

Uh huh... although it would be a cool to see a Iraq v USA semi final.

[delatlanta1281]

I agree. Italy won't even have to flop or rely on bad reffing like the last world cup. The US is playing like total ass. They are slow, they can't pass, and they sure as hell can't control the midfield as displayed by the long ball passing they are not even coming close to executing.

[CleanAzzE30z]

It was my first time there with friends who frequent the place. Very nice ambiance.

Yeah I go once every few months because every time I go its at least a $200 bill. I mean it is in the BH Hotel. All the famous whores go there. I go because its calm and not loud. Plus cuz I can.



Mariano