What a surprise.

U'd think they would never give up

did they have any other choice?

They're Madrid, they're the club of the 20th century, 29 league titles, 9 European titles, the only club to rival Milan for top honours, they should never give up.

It just comes to show u the difference between our transfer policy and theirs

I think Silvio and Galliani are to be thanked for this

i think i heard Kaka's sigh of relief over here in the states

At least they've learned they can't just get anyone

does he really think that Man U is going to be more willing to get rid of Ronaldo than we were with Kaka

amazing

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."

Sky Sports

Yup, I knew there was a catch to it

They're just stiring things up. Madrid never actually offer for players, they just talk about wanting to buy them. Nothing will come of this.

AAHH and the plot thickens

We have Kaka wanting to play for Milan which is always a good thing. This is where having a few Brazilians helps, usually players from a different continent will not enjoy it so much (language barriers, no friends, etc.) But the fact that Kaka has some players that speak his home language, and whom he knows from the national team. I think that will play a huge part in us keeping him.

Well the language thing isn't an issue since all of the brazilians, including him speak Italian.

And even though there are a lot of Brazilians I think he has said a couple of times that he is really good friends with Clarence and Gila.

All of our players are happy at Milan, we have a great locker room atmosphere and all of our players keep saying this, Ronaldo said it a week ago and Oli said it today.

Plus bringing R9 over to Milan really made Kaka happy and it shows

I know he speaks Italian, but it's a 'home sickness' thing. People like to speak their own language, so having fellow countrymen there will be a huge bonus.

I just hope that kaka stay !!

because Milan are not doing well & no champinships for the last 2 years !!