Kaka loved his life at AC Milan. But he was finally forced to move to Real Madrid in 2009. At that time, Kaka and Milan were both experiencing setbacks.
Kaka was the motorbike of Milan in the 2000s. Milan’s decision to buy Kaka from Sao Paolo in 2003 was sweet. Kaka can directly enter the pattern of Milan’s game in the era of Carlo Ancelotti.
Kaka can replace the role of Rui Costa, who is old. With a more energetic age, Kaka can make Milan play more powerful. As an attacking midfielder, Kaka can present a slick combination with Clarence Seedorf, Gennaro Gattuso, and Andrea Pirlo.
Milan’s forward line relying on Andriy Shevchenko and Filippo Inzaghi was also facilitated by the presence of Kaka, who often stabbed and pushed forward.
As an attacking midfielder, Kaka is fairly sharp. He was able to score more than 15 goals in each season since 2005-2009. Kaka’s individual abilities also earned him the 2007 World Player of the Year when he succeeded in taking Milan to the Champions League, European Super Cup and Club World Cup.
Kaka farewell with Milan is a sad farewell. Kaka always insisted that he loved Milan and did not want to leave the club.
But Milan’s financial condition requires the Rossoneri to sell the Brazilian star to Real Madrid. Kaka finally left Real Madrid with a heavy heart even though Los Blancos was the only club Kaka wanted to go to when he left Milan.
“Milan in that era had no intention of selling players unless the player wanted that, as was the case with Shevchenko at Chelsea.”
“But my case is different. For the first time, Milan opened the door and entered an offer from Manchester City in January. Actually I wanted to stay, but because Milan opened myself to sell me, I then determined that I would only leave Milan to join Real Madrid, “said Kaka.
Kaka went to Real Madrid at the age of 27, which is often said to be the golden age of a footballer. Kaka came together with the presence of Cristiano Ronaldo so Los Blancos was said to be in the midst of starting the ‘Los Galacticos 2’ project by bringing in two of the most expensive players in the world.
But Kaka finally never really appeared biting with Los Blancos. Unlike Ronaldo who skyrocketed as Real Madrid’s goal machine, the hope of seeing Kaka as the general of the game Real Madrid was hampered by severe injuries that several times hit Kaka.
Kaka is not happy at Real Madrid. He spent his golden years as a footballer with a record of declining performance.
Kaka Goes Early Signs Of Milan To Fade As European Giants
Adriano Galliani claimed that the sale of Kaka was for the motive of financial balance. This decision was protested by Paolo Maldini, who had just retired in that season. Maldini considers it strange for Milan to sell Kaka, who has never expressed his intention to leave.
One of Milan’s courage in selling Kaka could be because they had Ronaldinho in the squad at that time, plus there were still Clarence Seedorf, Andrea Pirlo, and Gennaro Gattuso. But Ronaldinho in Milan is Ronaldinho who has already passed peak performance so that it cannot be expected to be the team’s motorbike.
After Kaka’s departure, Milan had indeed won the Serie A championship in the 2010/2011 season but they had difficulty competing and fight a lot in Europe.
Milan is also increasingly leaving its identity as a big club that can easily buy star players all over the world. A number of stars do come, but usually they are labeled failed or problematic in previous clubs such as Zlatan Ibrahimovic who does not match Barcelona, to Mario Balotelli and Fernando Torres.
Star players like Andrea Pirlo were also not defended by Milan and became one of the biggest blunders by letting go to Juventus which finally started domination. While several other players like Gattuso and Alessandro Nesta finally retired.
Kaka finally returned to Milan in 2013 but his magic seemed to have vanished. Magical Kaka really can no longer raise the power of Milan to the best level ever achieved with Kaka a few years before.
It was also because he was no longer surrounded by the great colleagues he had at his side. Kaka finally only lasted one season in Milan before finally deciding to move to MLS.
As for Milan, who was left behind, has increasingly been plunged into rows of second-class players who are hard to believe they can defend Milan if the Rossoneri apply strict quality backed financially strong like the previous decade.
