Manchester City: “Ac Milan bottled it”

Manchester City chief executive Garry Cooked has accused AC Milan of ‘bottling it’ in the proposed world-record deal to sign Kakà. “The player was clearly for sale,” he was quoted. “We had entered into a confidentiality agreement weeks ago but, in my personal opinion, they bottled it. As we got to the next stage there were questions they could not answer and I think the political and public pressure made them change their conditions.”

Cook also confirmed that City representatives did not meet Kakà. “We never even met the player. We met his representative, his father, but we had discussed commercial terms only,” he added. “There was no offer made to the player.His father said he was very interested in the project and we talked about humanitarian potential factors but when we got into discussions those issues took a back seat and financial demands came to the fore.”