Pato: “I will talk to Ancelotti”
By dixon9
June 9 2009
Now that the Kaka transfer saga is finally over, Milan’s Alexandre Pato has spoken out to La Gazzetta dello Sport after his agent’s recent comments that the player would be open to a move to Stamford Bridge.
“It’s an honour for me to be appreciated by a club like Chelsea,”
“However, I will first talk to Ancelotti, then I will meet with Milan officials. My future will be clearer at the end of June."
“I hope Kaka will be happy in Madrid, but I can’t wish him to win the Champions League. I want to win that!”
“We will lose so much from his departure, but Milan are not just Kaka. We have a great group and we have a phenomenon in the form of Ronaldinho.”
“Is Berlusconi saying I will stay put? As I said, nothing has been decided yet. I want to speak with Ancelotti. He is an amazing man. He helped me emerge at Milan and in Italian football. Before deciding my future I want to talk to him.”
It’s very interesting that Pato says that he will first talk with Carlo Ancelotti. It must be unprecedented for a transfer target to state that he speak with the buying team’s manager before anyone else and he sits down to consider his options.
Of course, in this instance, it just so happens that the buying clubs manager is the players ex-manager - but is Pato so naïve that he doesn’t realise the effect these comments will have on the suits at Milan?
Perhaps Pato and his agent are slightly irked at Berlusconi’s insistence that Pato will remain where he is as if the player has no say on the matter?
Certainly, to lose another marquee player could have disastrous political consequences for Berlusconi who has all his work cut out trying to put out the huge fire amongst the Milan fan base who are raging over the loss of Kaka.
One of two things will happen; Pato will come to Chelsea or Milan will use some of the Kaka money to provide a hefty salary increase to keep the player where he is (not rocket science is it?!).
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