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A Reluctant GalacticoSpain-based journalist Graham Hunter told Sky Sports News he believes Real Madrid's world-record signing Kaka is a reluctant Galactico.
Real Madrid president Florentino Perez has pulled off a major coup by signing the Brazilian superstar on a six-year deal for a world record-breaking transfer fee estimated at £56million.
But while football's biggest names such as Zinedine Zidane, Ronaldo and David Beckham described their big-money transfers to the Bernabeu as a dream come true, Hunter says that Kaka has regretfully made the move to Spain to ease AC Milan's financial worries.
"If you remember the original Galactico, Luis Figo, he betrayed Barcelona [to move to Real Madrid] and is still regarded as a traitor," said Hunter.
"Zidane spent months telling Juventus he had to leave as his wife wanted to go back to the Mediterranean. And of course Ronaldo, after years of being semi-fit because of crippling injuries, finally got fit at Inter Milan's expense, won the World Cup and immediately walked out on the club to join Real Madrid.
"Kaka has been a little bit different. When asked why he finally made the move after rejecting is so many times, having said last week that he was bored of the subject and didn't want to be asked about it anymore, he said 'well, there's an economic crisis; many, many businesses are losing employees and struggling financially and I'm leaving to help AC Milan'.
"There was no sense of rejoice in his voice. There was no, 'this is a dream and I've always wanted to play for this club'. There wasn't a sense of joy at signing for Real Madrid. He did this as a gesture to help the club he cares about - which is AC Milan."
Enthusiasm
But while Kaka may have left Italy with some reluctance his transfer to arguably the world's biggest club has been met with enthusiasm by adoring fans in his native Brazil.
Hunter said: "There is delirium in Brazil because this is probably their favourite player at the moment. In some parts of the UK it is underestimated how important a footballing figure Kaka is and how brilliant a footballer he is.
"In terms of publicity and awards Cristiano Ronaldo and probably now Lionel Messi have eclipsed him in the last 18-24 months. But Kaka is a genius footballer, a brilliant professional, and a brilliant athlete, who many people in Brazil not only venerate for his footballing talent but look up to him as an individual. So therefore the fact that he is finally joining Real Madrid has gone down brilliantly in his home nation."
Earmarked
FIFA's World Player of the Year in 2007 has been earmarked to take the number five jersey as worn by Zidane, but Hunter said it paid testament to Kaka's humility that he was hesitant to take the Real legend's shirt number.
"That famous number five - white jersey, black number five - was the one Zidane was wearing when he cracked that brilliant volley at Hampden to win his first Champions League. That number five was supposed to be Kaka's but he has said out of respect for Zidane that actually he doesn't want to wear it.
"This is not an individualistic gesture, not a case of 'I want my own number'. This is Kaka saying that he hasn't earned Zidane's number five and therefore doesn't want to wear it. But I don't think the case has been resolved because maybe for marketing purposes Kaka's wish will be ignored."
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