Kaká to be unveiled as early as Sunday

Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan and chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak are readying to unveil their next great coup as this Sunday Kaká will be presented as a new member of Manchester City, as per news agency Arabian Business and its affiliates.

The agency notes an unnamed source saying:

“The big advantage right now is that there is a global credit crisis and there are not many clubs in the world as financially secure as Man City. This is a very big attraction for Kaká.”

The news organization further cites their source as claiming that negotiations revolve around Kaká’s demands for a twenty per-cent wage increase:

“There has been a lot of ups and downs and the sticking point has not been the transfer fee but Kaka’s wages. His people have seen the offer made to him as being on the low side and they are looking to raise it by 20 percent given the fact that Kaka will not be playing Champions League football for now at least.”

Please note that while this report has been noted by my sources as “credible” but further noting the deal “has yet to be signed”, Manchester City has yet to issue a statement.