Ricardo Kaka scored a juicy goal agianst Zaragoza (Photo By Shine)
It has been revealed that Kaka’s exit from Real Madrid was actually blocked by none other than Jose Mourinho, perhaps that makes sense now that there is no one except him to give opinion on transfer matters. Kaka now wants to repay this faith by performing for Real Madrid this season.
Summer transfer window was tough for Real Madrid. Nobody actually wanted to buy our players even though they were quality players. I don’t know what is it about Real Madrid that ticks people off and they refuse to buy from Real Madrid. Same is the case when Real Madrid want to buy someone. Nobody wants to sell. They want to sell for double the price the player is actually worth.
I still remember Quaresma’s case. Real Madrid wanted to buy him (thank God Real Madrid did not because Quaresma has proved himself to be big game, big club and big league flop) from Porto who previously were prepared to let go of him for anything above 20 million. Real Madrid came in and Porto suddenly wanted anything above 40 million. What is the logic in that?
May be they know that Real Madird usually get what they want. Real Madrid has got a lot of money and hence if they want to buy a player that bad, money is not something that would stop Real Madrid from buying the player. Anyway, so it was a tough period for Real Madrid. Kaka was one of the players who was expected to leave Real Madrid this summer window and frankly, part of me thought that he would be gone by August 30.
Thankfully no club wanted to pay 60 million for Kaka, hell no club even wanted to pay 30 million for a player of Kaka’s quality. Which is ridiculous when you consider the fact that Lukas Modric of Tottenahm Hotspur was valued around 40 million euros. I know he has more youth years when compared to Kaka, but Kaka is someone who can do things on his own, not like Ronaldo who wants a cool head with him or Messi who wants Xavi, Iniesta and Villa with him to score 40 odd goals every season.
Anyway, Kaka got lucky and did not get sold. No such luck for Pedro, Drenthe and Gago. Even worse luck for Lassana Diarra who is not wanted by Mourinho and on top of that, no club wanted to pay 20 million for the frenchman. I think 20 million is totally justified for Diarra but whatever.
Along with AC Milan would you believe that even PSG and Tottenahm Hotspur where interested. That would have certainly signaled the end of Kaka’s career in top football. Kaka now says that Mourinho talked with him a lot during these times and told him that he really really wanted Kaka to be a part of the Jose revolution at Real Madrid.
Kaka told the media that Mourinho said that he was counting on him and did not ask him neither Real Madrid to look for another club for Kaka. Kaka says that not only Mourinho but the rest of the staff also wanted thim to stay and improve his game at Real Madrid. People like Karanka and other players like Ronaldo, all said that they wanted Kaka to be a part of the team this season at the least.
Kaka is well on track to being his mercurial best now I think. He scored a peach of a goal against Zaragoza and generally looked pretty sharp for a player who has not had regular top flight football for 2 seasons.
Since now, there is no room for Diarra and Pedro is gone. Alonso we know is not going to play every game of the season, Nuri Sahin does not come back till November, so I am thinking that this is the ideal time for Kaka to shine and cement his place in the starting line up. All he has to do is to out work Oezil and Di Maria. Which I think he can no longer do in terms of work ethic. And Mourinho loves players who run all day long and then sting like a bee in attack.
Kaka is more of a feline. He does not know how to defend but when he attacks, he attacks with precision and ruthlessness which kills most teams off. La Liga is going to be a two horse race, everyone knows that. Those who did not, I think match day 1 showed, it is still the case, perhaps more so than ever since Barcelona and Real Madrid keep on investing millions and millions every season while the other clubs get more poor.
Real Madrid will not play their next match, I think against Getafe on September 10nth. Lets see how much playing time Mourinho gives him there.
Alonso not happy with just starting, he wants titles (photo by Anna Enrique)
One more who is not happy with starting only, is Xabi Alonso. Now Xabi has become the focal point of this Real Madrid team. He is the Xavi of Real Madrid. He builds everything and I think most people think Ronaldo is the Real Madrid have got to play in every game of the season, I not only have a different view but I disagree with people who say Ronaldo makes Real Madrid.
Ronaldo scores boatload of goals, no doubt about it. But with Xabi, the ball does not move from defense to offense. This is where Xabi comes in and provides the link. His passing is just superb. His vision is exceptional along with his first touch on the ball.
But Xabi Alonso is not sitting on his laurels and is not satisfied with just a starting role in this competitive Real Madrid line up which has players like Higuain, Kaka and Granero struggling for playing time. Even in this squad, Xabi has got no competition for his place. This must give him some peace of mind no matter what he says.
Xabi Alonso wants to win La Liga with Real Madrid as he has never won a league title in his whole career. That is something very surprising when you notice that he has spent the bulk of his prime at Liverpool and Real Madrid. With both he has finished on 2nd place quite a few times but has never won a League Title. He probably has won every other title like Champions League and Cope Del Ray, but La Liga title is something that eludes him, much like the BPL title.
Alonso is not getting closer to his 30s and that is something that bothers him that after having such a illustrious career, he still does not have a single league title to show for it. He has now made it clear that he wants that trophy and he will do everything within his power to get his hands on it.
I think Alonso’s wish depends a lot on Barcelona. I think he will get his wish come the end of the season as Real Madrid look irresistible this season. The tempo with which Real Madrid is now playing has never been seen before I think. Chelsea used to play like this when Mourinho coached them and most of the time, games ended about 30 minutes from the start.
As far as Alonso’s own efforts are concerned, well I think he should be proud of himself that he has done and is still doing his level best to put Real Madrid in a position to win something important this season. He has actually scored 2 goals in his first 3 games for Real Madrid which is double the amount of goals he scored last season. Yup, he scored a single goal in his 52 appearances for Real Madrid last season.
Both goals he scored this season were important and brilliant goals. One was against Barcelona which put Real Madrid 2-2 in the first leg of SuperCup and the second one was a 30 plus yard rocket against Zaragoza which effectively killed the game and allowed Real Madrid to milk Zaragoza up real good.
I think there is very little that Alonso can do more than what he is doing right now. I think Real Madrid just need him fit and hungry for this campaign. Without him the whole team suffers and I think this is the reason why Mourinho rarely risks another player for his position.
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