Forget Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo: Look out for Ricardo Kaka – La Liga (Part 1)
When Real Madrid launched their Galacticos 2.0 scheme, Florentino Perez’s first signing of the summer was the Brazilian midfielder, Ricardo Kaka. At that time, one of the hottest properties in modern football Kaka’s move from A.C
Milan to Real Madrid was seen as the highlight of the 2009 summer transfer window only to be eclipsed by Cristiano Ronaldo’s 80 million pound transfer from Manchester United to http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ronaldo-c31734 outshined the likes of Kaka and
Benzema in the white of Madrid as crowd took the Portuguese start to their hearts.
Lost in the midst of this all was a faltering Brazilian. A man who won the FIFA World Player of the Year award in 2007 when A.C Milan defeated a Cristiano Ronaldo inspired Manchester United in the semi-finals of the UFEA Champions
League. The Rossoneri were spurred on by their own superstar, Ricardo Kaka. In http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Italy-c2926, he was embraced as a legend by Milan’s
fans due to his impressive performances and his humble attitude towards the starlight that had been directed at him.
In January of 2009, A.C Milan and Ricardo Kaka were in trouble with the club’s fans after speculation emerged surrounding the Brazilian’s future at San Siro. It was revealed that Manchester City were interested in the Brazilian
trequartista. Kaka emerged as a favourite amongst the fans after he squashed these rumours by stating that he was happy to stay at with the Italian giants as long as they wanted him at the club. In the summer of 2009, Kaka was finally sold by A.C Milan to
Real Madrid after the club found Real Madrid’s 68.5 million Euros bid too inciting to turn away.
However since the 2008-2009 Serie A season, Kaka’s career has gone downhill. In the 2009-2010 season which was his first one at Real Madrid, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ricardo-c30950 Kaka was supposed to take Spanish league by storm but this didn’t happen. The
Brazilian star’s humble nature was eclipsed both on and off the pitch by the much flashier Ronaldo. In reality, it wasn’t Ronaldo’s fault that he out played and out shone his own team mates in the 2009-2010 La Liga season but it was a combined product of misfortune
as well as a loss of form for Kaka.
In his first season at Real Madrid, Kaka was bogged down with several knee injuries. At a new club, the Brazilian playmaker found it hard to adapt to Spanish football as well. Given the fact that Kaka has never been as a prolific
goal scorer as http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Cristiano-c9622 Ronaldo.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Manuel-c23383 Pellegrini thus always considered Kaka as one of the supporting cast at Madrid rather than a main man who is capable of influence the course of a match.
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