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Milan set bumper Kaka price
Football Italia – Monday 28 April, 2008

Milan are rumoured to have put an enormous price tag on star man Kaka in order to quell advances from Chelsea. Earlier in the season, Kaka put pen to paper on a deal that ties him to the Rossoneri until 2013.

The Brazilian international has repeatedly pledged his future to the world champions and Real Madrid claim that they have given up on trying to prise him away from San Siro. However, reports suggest that Chelsea are showing a greater determination, as they look to rebuild their squad this summer.

According to the Daily Mirror, Milan will demand a staggering £55m for Kaka in a cash deal – a figure designed to fend off Roman Abramovich. But there are whispers that the Blues are willing to table an offer that dwarfs the £31m record fee they paid the Diavolo for Andriy Shevchenko.

Chelsea may use the unsettled Sheva as a bargaining chip in a part-exchange deal and are said to be unfazed by the high valuation.

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kalac still in goals for you guys?

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Blog: Four-za Milan
Football Italia – Thursday 1 May, 2008

Fiorentina may deserve to finish fourth, but Antonio Labbate explains why Italian football would benefit if Milan pipped them into the Champions League.

It was tough watching the Champions League semi-finals this week. With Italian interest limited to just Barcelona full-back Gianluca Zambrotta, Serie A followers were forced to accept the fact that the peninsula’s best this season were just not good enough on the biggest and most lucrative stage there is.

While some may argue that Chelsea had an easy run up until the semi-finals and that Manchester United preached a disguised form of Catenaccio, there is no doubt that they are two of Europe’s most talented sides.

Of course, Italy’s big boys will be mounting another challenge next season in an effort to readdress the balance of power. Inter, Roma and Juventus have already qualified for the competition, but who will join them? With three games left, Fiorentina lead Milan by two points.

The Tuscan giants would undoubtedly deserve a sporting shot at the trophy after the Calciopoli verdicts contrived to rob them of a return to the European Cup over the last two campaigns. However, if you solely put the winning interests of Italian football into the equation, then it would clearly be more effective for Milan to pip them to fourth.

The Rossoneri have had a campaign to forget, yet one has to accept the reality that they would in all probability be more of a force in Europe next season than the Viola. While Cesare Prandelli – Italy’s most talented boss right now – has worked wonders at the Franchi, the club lack the financial clout and experience to mount a serious Champions League challenge. Don’t be misguided by their progress in the Mickey Mouse Cup.

Milan, on the other hand, have the financial backing to – as is necessary – re-invigorate their squad ahead of the 2008-09 campaign. And should they make the right acquisitions tactically, rather than superficially, then the multiple European champions could even be Serie A’s best bet of reaching the latter stages of the European Cup a year from now.

Inter will once more be expected to delude by failing to live up to their undoubted potential, Roma will probably again lose a big-name player during the summer – Amantino Mancini – which will complicate their priority of adding squad depth, while we shouldn’t expect too much from a Juventus side who sometimes struggled in Europe even with their pre-demotion super squad.

So who should finish fourth – Fiorentina or Milan? It depends on whether you’d like to watch an all Premiershit Champions League Final at Rome’s Stadio Olimpico next term. No offence, but I wouldn’t.

No article from Labbate. I agree with him on this. Fiorentina are a good team and deserve a shot at Champions League football but in terms of looking out for Serie A's interest in the competition I hope Milan pip them to the post and clinch that fourth and final spot.

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agreed with everything. i obviously want milan to make it, but fiorentina would definitely deserve it, especially if they win the mickey mouse cup. so i say inter or juventus should give up their spots

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lol.

one more question guys, would you still want adriano in our colors?

in sum, id say yes.

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