It’s official. Kaka has signed for Real Madrid. Everyone’s a bwinner baby.
The Brazilian cost Real a cool £56m, the most expensive single transfer in football history. It beats the £47m Real paid for Zinedine Zidane in 2001. The transfer went through quickly, which seems to be the way clubs are doing business this summer. Only the tedious C-Ron-to-Madrid saga will rumble on and on.
While Kaka is undoubtedly a world-class player, I’m not sure he’s worth more than £40m, or £8m a season, just as I’m not sure he really wanted to leave Milan - but then it’s clear Madrid were willing to stop at almost nothing to send a message to Barcelona: we’re coming for you next season, you Catalan dogs…