i very well understand that this is very well the right move for the club. Sentiments aside, this could be a master stroke if we reload with some dynamic signings. However, I can't help but feel a little skeptical about this whole situation.
In the past AC Milan was never the type of club that would sell a player like Kaka. Brocchi came out in a recent interview saying that Italian football is struggling, and that in the past milan would have never sold such an iconic player who was as devoted to the club as ricky was.
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"Italian football at the moment is suffering, and as in life, to go forward, you must have the rules," said Brocchi. "AC Milan had to heal and so the choice to sell Kakà was forced.
"Over the years the team has perhaps had strong relationships with certain players and if they made this choice it means that there was no other alternative.
"On other occasions, they would never have sold a player of such importance and with such devotion to the club."
To me this is bigger than just us letting Kaka go. Galliani has been saying now for quite some time that Italy's tax laws are preventing Italian clubs for competing with the likes of Barcelona, Madrid, Man U, and Chelsea for wages and transfer fees. He and silvio have mentioned the toll the world credit crunch is taking on business. We sold Kaka because we're in debt, like the rest of the Italian clubs and Silvio is refusing to invest. All this coupled by the fact that Oil Money has flooded English football, we seems outpriced of the transfer market for top players..on top of that our good players are everybody's targets. the club seem vulnerable right now...pato is already talking sh!t showing where his thoughts lie..I feel like we've recently gotten a little taste of what it's like to be an Ajax fan after the early 90s..I hope this is not the beginning of a cycle of producing nice talents only to see them plucked away.
It will take some masterful leadership by management and leonardo to make the right moves for the future and I'm hoping this money is invested in Dzeko, Hernanes, Zapata, Maxwell (free), recall Abate (maybe wait on Palo), sell Kaladze, Oddo. So far we've lost Kaka, Gourcuff, and we've seemingly unsettled Pato - poor start to the market.
I hope we do well on the market to prove my skepticism wrong, cuz considering who we just lost, it's taking me a little while to warm to the idea of operation rejuvenate R80.