[Portman]

Real give up on Kaka 

Wednesday 28 March, 2007 ::: channel4.com

Real Madrid President Ramon Calderon has admitted that Milan star Kaka is no longer one of the club’s primary transfer objectives.

“It will be very difficult to sign Kaka,” admitted the chief in an interview with the Marca newspaper.

“Obviously we would like to have him here as Real are a club who are used to making important signings, but only by following the rules of the market.”

The Brazilian was at the centre of a battle between the two outfits last summer, when the Rossoneri warned the Merengues against making any attempt to contact the ‘untouchable’ Kaka.

Nevertheless, the Blancos’ chief had recently confirmed his renewed interest in the midfielder’s services – after initially promising his arrival during his election campaign in June.

After numerous unsuccessful attempts, Calderon has now seemingly admitted defeat and will reportedly turn his attention to Manchester United’s Cristiano Ronaldo instead.

Kaka, who has often reiterated that he is happy at Milan, extended his contract with the Rossoneri until 2010 last summer.

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And today they come out with this:

Real confident over Kaka

Predrag Mijatovic is confident that Kaka will join Real Madrid, in the process giving a vote of confidence to the club's beleaguered coach Fabio Capello.

Los Merengues' sporting director was answering questions sent in by readers of Spanish newspaper, El Pais, and one main concern was the continuing transfer rumours.

When Mijatovic was part of Ramon Calderon's presidential campaign last summer, the duo both stated that Kaka was a priority and that announcement helped them win power.

Milan dug their heels and refused to negotiate, but the stories of the Brazilian's move to the Bernabeu have not been silenced.

"I am convinced that sooner or later Kaka will wear the white shirt of Real Madrid," Mijatovic stated, before joking: "Whether I am here when they happens is another story."

Madrid have struggled to meet expectations this term and the future of Capello has been called into question on several occasions, but he has the backing of the board.

"He was chosen during our election campaign when we made up our plan of action for the club and he was our first choice," Mijatovic continued.

"Capello is a coach with a great deal of experience and has won many titles and he represented the ideas of where we wanted to take things.

"Our coach still has our complete confidence."

As well as calls for the trainer to go, there have also been some that have stated they believe Mijatovic should also step down, with rumours surfacing that he had offered to resign earlier this season.

"I have never offered to leave," he concluded. "I want to work more now than ever.

"If I were to go now it would appear, particularly to me, like I was abandoning my position and that would not be right.

"My duty is to fight on and to try and solve the problems that we have now."

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