Will Kaka leave Milan and head to Madrid this week?

Updated on: 04 June,2009 08:24 AM IST |
PA Sport |

It was still unclear yesterday whether AC Milan's Brazilian star Kaka would be moving to Real Madrid after Milan denied that general manager Adriano Galliani was negotiating the sale with Real during a visit to Spain.

Real destination
Speculation has been mounting that Kaka will swap the San Siro for the Bernabeu following Florentino Perez's return as Real Madrid president, and reports in Spain claimed a deal had been agreed between the clubs during

talks in Madrid. But a statement on the club's website read: "The Rossoneri's Adriano Galliani is in Madrid exclusively for the investiture dinner of Perez, the new president of Real Madrid."

Meanwhile, it was learnt that Kaka will not be presented as a Real player until the end of the month even if his move from AC Milan goes through in the next few days.

Reports suggested Milan would be netting 65 million euros for Kaka from Real and that the player had put pen to paper on a five-year deal. But Kaka is currently with the Brazil squad preparing for the upcoming World Cup qualifiers and the Confederations Cup, and the national team insist he won't be released soon.

Still with Milan
"Will Kaka be presented before the Confed Cup? No, Kaka remains with us. He will be free after South Africa," Brazil spokesman Rodrigo Paiva told Sky Italia. Brazil play Uruguay on June 6 and Paraguay (June 10) in World Cup qualifiers, before heading to South Africa for the Confederations Cup starting on June 14.

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