Kaka saga is 'ridiculous': Sheikh advisor

19 Jan, 2009

The will-he-won't he transfer saga of Brazilian star Kaka's potential move to Manchester City for a record fee is "ridiculous" hype engendered by his club AC Milan, according to a source close to City's Arab owners.
"The reports are absolutely ridiculous and so far wide of the mark it's unreal," the unnamed source told Sunday's The Observer. According to The Observer, the unnamed adviser to City's billionaire owner Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, revealed from Abu Dhabi that the media coverage of a megabucks transfer and reported wages of up to half a million pounds a week were a fantasy. "A hundred million, in pounds or euros, is ridiculous," the source continued.

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