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Kaka leaving Real Madrid rumor picking up pace
Just like a rolling stone down a snowy hill, Kaka leaving Real Madrid rumor is just about to become Marca’s food for mouth for this transfer season. News has broken that the new Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho (presentation due on Monday) is not interested in having Kaka part of his plans at the Bernebeu hence he wants to exchange Kaka with Lampard and Cole. Which would be, once again, as bad a deal as one can make. But, we know that Real Madrid are notorious for making outrageous deals, like selling Robben and Sneijder for half the price for which they were bought a year before (both of them, ended up in Champions League final while Real Madrid once again lost in Round of 16).
Not to mention, paying 80 million for Ronaldo (who thankfully, justified his price tag). Now we bought Kaka for 65 million and I do not think that Lampard and Cole combined are valued anywhere near that. Lampard is old and Cole is a defender. Kaka is younger and obviously more gifted with the ball, though Lampard is kind of a box to box midfield player probably playing at his best level right now.
Mourinho, apparently is really passionate about his time at Chelsea with these two players and wants a reunion and since Kaka has not been able to get settled at Real Madrid, Mourinho thinks perhaps it would be better to have two reunions instead of just one by allowing Kaka to reunite with Carlo Ancelotti (former AC Milan coach and Kaka being a former AC Milan player). Mourinho is known to make bold decisions (such as selling Robben, his most talented player on, the then, Chelsea squad) but I think this would cross the narrow line between boldness and lunacy.
Pelligrini has laid a good foundation for Jose Mourinho, in terms of getting the squad to gel properly with no tensions in the dressing room and this should be taken advantage of and so, instead of selling more players and bringing in 6 or 7 players, again, it would be better to try and work out something with the current squad which is not the worst in Europe I think.
Talking about rumors, one STUPID STUPID story that I read today (really it was so stupid) was that Mourinho is demanding Real Madrid to drop the bid for Wayne Rooney (Manchester United’s best player for 2009-2010 season) so that the Old Trafford faithful do not turn against Mourinho. Mourinho apparently wants to coach Manchester United in the future and thus wants to maintain good relations between the fans and himself (not to metion, the club) so may be by dropping the bid for Wayne Rooney, Manchester United and its fan base would be, somehow, thankful to Mourinho for leaving their player alone.
That is absurd. Mourinho has not even put a foot in Spain and according to this report, he is already thinking about Manchester United? What does this signal to Perez and general Real Madrid fans?. In other news, it is also reported that there will be a ESCAPE CLAUSE in Mourinho’s contract which would allow him to leave Real Madrid at the end of his 2nd season with Real Madrid (his contract being for 4 years) without any penalty. What is happening here? Real Madrid is no joke here and I do not think that Perez is just going to submit to Mourinho’s every demand.
This is the one thing that worries me the most about Mourinho. His unpredictability. We know he wants to coach Manchester United after Alex Ferguson is gone and according to some people, he has only taken this Real Madrid job to keep himself occupied till Ferguson leaves Manchester United. Whatever is the case, we just want Mourinho to win titles for Real Madrid, nothing else.
But, listening to his interviews, it does give me the feeling that he is not here (at Real Madrid) to make a dynasty (that is something he wants to do at Manchester United), he just wants to win La Liga and Champions League with Real Madrid and then leave. I got this feeling when I read Mourinho talking about setting up a structure that would continue to function after he leaves, he gave Chelsea and Inter Milan as examples of his works, how he laid solid foundations of a strong team at both the clubs and Chelsea continued to perform well in all competitions even when he left Chelsea.
Anyway, a lot of things starting to happen at Real Madrid (which is always the case whenever transfer season opens) and things will continue to get weirder and weirder as time goes by till La Liga starts. I just hope, we don’t end up loosing (as in, loose kaka and get lampard) rather than gaining by Mourinho’s arrival.
