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Although Chelsea have denied it, their interest in Kaka has been evident for years and the sums of money being mentioned recently are not out of reach for Abramovic. Chelsea want Kaka, and seem to be prepared to offer obscene amounts of money to get him.

The recent arrival of Ronaldinho has only added fuel to the fire, with Kaka's personal assistant telling the press that Kaka would welcome the move. Were Milan right to reject such an offer? The club have reported debts of close to £30m due to lost Champions League revenue - the sale would see these wiped out and would leave a substantial amount left over for further re-enforcements this summer (most notably a new No.1).

How much would it take for you to hand Kaka over to Chelsea?

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One of the better Blog posts to come out of C4:

If Chelsea really want Kaka then they will need to offer the reported £100m to tempt Milan into a sale, argues Antonio Labbate.

Milan continue to maintain that Kaka is untouchable. Chelsea, for their part, insist that they’ve made no bid. But what if, hypothetically, the London club really did come in with an offer in excess of £100m for the Brazilian? The Italian outfit would surely have to consider it.

It certainly wouldn’t be an easy or popular decision to sacrifice Kaka, but it would make financial and footballing sense. Milan would obviously be losing a great, great player, but the fee received would potentially give them the sort of funds needed to significantly strengthen the side in other areas.

It’s no secret that this present Rossoneri incarnation is three star players short of being classed amongst the very strongest on the planet. They may have brought in Ronaldinho – and don’t we know it after their over-the-top San Siro presentation – but they still lack a quality centre-forward, a central defender and a goalkeeper.

The club have basically admitted to as much over the summer when they made moves for Fiorentina custodian Sebastien Frey and striker Emanuel Adebayor of Arsenal. Why did they fail to land the pair? Because they were frightened off by their, arguably inflated, asking prices. If only they had a spare £100m in the bank…

Juventus have shown in the past what making such a brave decision can lead to. In 2001 they accepted a world record £50m offer from Real Madrid for Zinedine Zidane, then used that as part of the total figure they spent in the same summer on Gigi Buffon, Lilian Thuram and Pavel Nedved.

Of course, you can justifiably argue that it’s irrelevant to compare the two Italian giants as Juventus were self-sufficient under the Triade reign. Then President Vittorio Chiusano said at the time: “It would have been a poor example of administration if we hadn’t sold him. Balance sheets have no emotion.”

Milan, on the other hand, are funded to a degree by Silvio Berlusconi’s personal fortune and run with sentiment. Just look at the number of veterans who are handed new contracts on a yearly basis and how many former players are integrated into the club, at some level, once they hang up their boots.

It’s for that reason that if Chelsea are serious about landing Kaka, then it is going to take a ‘silly’ offer of what is being suggested to prise him away from a club who clearly adore him. But no matter what bond joins the two, every player has his price. It just remains to be seen what Kaka’s is.