Kaka explains why he rejected Manchester City move back in 2009

Kaka has explained his reasons behind rejecting to join Manchester City back in January 2009. The Brazillian was on the radar of the City right after Sheikh Mansour took over the club. The 2007 Ballon d'Or winner was on the Premier League side's plans for the team's future improvement, with AC Milan agreeing on a world record transfer. However, things changed when Kaka rejected the move after holding talks with the Italian club. In the Q&A with fan-submitted questions with FourFourTwo, the Brazilian was asked by one fan about former transfer links with Chelsea, to which he replied: "No, there wasn’t an official approach from Chelsea in 2009 – just informal talks, as Ancelotti was taking charge there and we had a great relationship. "The real offer I got from an English club was Manchester City’s, around six months before I moved to Madrid. City were in the early days of their project to become a dominant club in Europe, and they wanted me to be one of their leaders on the pitch. But I didn’t think it was the right time to leave Milan. "In my mind, Real Madrid was the only club I’d ever consider going to if Milan wanted me to leave. That wasn’t the politics of Milan, though: at the time, it wasn’t common for them to sell big players. "The first to leave was [Andriy] Shevchenko, but the club didn’t want to let him go. They forced Sheva to make his wish to leave public – he had to announce his intentions in a press conference. It was different in my case. "When City made the offer, Milan told me they were happy with it and keen to go ahead with the deal, to organise their finances. The doors were open to leave, and I said no. But I also told the club I’d happily go to Real Madrid if an offer came in the next window. It did." Kaka ended up making a move to Real Madrid for a world-record transfer fee, though the record was broken just a few weeks later when Los Blancos signed Cristiano Ronaldo from Manchester United.

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