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Kaka eyes world title

Milan’s Brazilian ace Kaka has revealed that he has his heart set on clinching December’s FIFA Club World Cup.

The 25-year-old star is in an optmistic mood in spite of the Rossoneri’s poor recent showings in pre-season friendlies and is aiming for glory in Japan at the end of the year.

The competition for each of the six winners of major Continental tournaments will see Milan compete against Argentine side Boca Juniors, Mexicans Pachuca and three teams yet to qualify.

“I want the Champions League, Scudetto and Coppa Italia obviously, but I also have a special desire to win the Club World Cup,” Kaka insisted on Studio Sport.

“The Golden Ball? We will have to wait and see because it all depends on my performances for the Diavoli this term.”

The Brasilia-born midfielder added his comments on the arrival of fellow countryman Alexandre Pato from Internacional.

“I hope that he has the Italian mentality and can become one of the best Brazilians in Europe,” he stated. “I don’t know him all that well, but he is a young lad with incredible talent and when he arrives we will see how we can help him.

“The key right now is getting our injured strikers back as Pippo Inzaghi, Ronaldo and Alberto Gilardino are three vital players.”

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Kaka: I'm Milan for life

A new contract is ready to tie him to Milan until 2012 and Kaka admits he’s happy to be a Rossonero “for life.”

As Real Madrid continue to maintain that within the next two seasons the Brazilian will join them, Milan are making a contingency plan by drawing up a new contract.

“Will I stay a Rossonero for life? It depends on President Silvio Berlusconi and if he says he wants to keep me forever, then I believe him,” Kaka told Sky Italia television. “Besides, we’ve already had a meeting about this.”

According to Spanish newspaper ‘Mundo Deportivo’, the club has prepared a contract worth £4m per season until 2012.

The rest of the media in Spain has been playing on the fact Kaka accidentally got on the Real Madrid team bus when the two teams arrived in Moscow for the Russian Railways Cup.

“It wasn’t just me, the entire team got on that bus,” pointed out the player. “Carlo Ancelotti made a joke about me being so eager to be part of the Real group. At this stage, the whole Real Madrid issue has become one big joke.”

Kaka objectively has little reason to go to Madrid, as with Milan he has won the Champions League, been top scorer in the competition with 10 goals and is the favourite to win the Ballon d’Or.

“This success helped me a great deal. It’s all well and good to be a talented player, but with silverware everyone has to acknowledge I am a winner. In five years here I have won everything.

“I am working to do my best now and in the future. If the Ballon d’Or and FIFA World Player award arrive, then it will only depend on what I do with Milan. Up until now we’ve done brilliantly well. Now my next target is the World Club Cup – it has extra special meaning for us Brazilians.”

The Rossoneri will fly to Tokyo in December for that tournament, once called the Intercontinental Cup, but new teammate Alexandre Pato will only be able to play competitive games from January 2008.

“He is a little different to me in the way he plays, as he is an out and out striker whereas I am a Trequartista,” commented Kaka of the teenage talent.

“He is a great player and comes from a good family environment. I think he could become a true champion.”

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MILAN: THE FORMATION AGAINST REAL BETIS BALOMPIÉ

MILAN - Coach Carlo Ancelotti officialised the formation which will take to the pitch tomorrow against Real Betis Balompié: Dida; Oddo, Nesta, Kaladze, Jankulovski; Gattuso, Pirlo, Ambrosini; Seedorf, Kakà; Gilardino.

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DONADONI: 'Kakà deserves Golden Ball'

MILAN - During an inteview with the Gazzetta dello Sport, the Azzurri's national team coach crowned Kaka as the best player in the world: "Kaka is ready to win the Golden Ball. There's no other player in the world as good as him. And he is also the latest example of a young promising player who transformed himself into a champion in Italy."

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Trofeo TIM

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OMG Luno, thanks for all that.

Love this man.

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You're welcome Vanezinha

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KAKA': "Pato will discover that Milan is a nice world"

MILAN - The Gazzetta dello Sport today publishes an interview with Kaka. Here's the passage about Alexandre Pato: "Pato has talent, but he must grow slowly. He should use the months in which he will not play to understand the Milan planet and learn the Rossoneri's history. Pato must understand in what world he arrived to, and he will discover it's a nice world."

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Kaka: "Inter Are The Favourites"

AC Milan superstar Kaka, currently on international duty with Brazil, spoke to the Gazzetta dello Sport today about the upcoming season, declaring Inter the favourites to retain the Scudetto and pinpointing the English clubs as Milan's greatest European threat.

Speaking from the Brazilian training camp in Montpellier, France, Kaka reflected on the pre-season - and the long campaign to come - as he prepared for Brazil's clash with Algeria, to be played on Wednesday night.

And while all clubs will start this season level on points, the star Milan midfielder had no doubts as to who he thought would finish a clear first in Serie A.

After declaring that Milan's target was to "win all", he admitted, "But, for sure, in pole-position is Inter.

"In the lead, I put Inter. The defeat in the Italian Supercoppa against Roma doesn't change that. They are still the champions, and they are strong."

However, he claimed that Milan would be the team to put in the biggest challenge, with "then Roma, and then Juventus" bringing up the top four.

The player also spoke favourably of the then-incomplete but widely expected transfer of Emerson from Real Madrid to AC Milan, saying, "Emerson is worth a small sacrifice [of a transfer fee.] Adding him to the squad would make us just about complete.

"While we have a good team already, you need to have important alternatives in all places."

Kaka has in the past praised Pato, the teenage Brazilian landed this summer, and did so again here - albeit with a note of caution.

"Of course, Pato's signing is incomparable. He has the talent. But he needs to grow with calmness," warned Kaka.

"He'll use the months in which he cannot play [until January] in order to understand 'Planet Milan' and the rossoneri history. He must understand the world in which he now lives.

"And he'll discover that it's a beautiful one."

Moving on to Silvio Berlusconi's recent light-hearted talk of a Kaka-Ronaldinho trade between Milan and Barcelona, Kaka responded in his usual fashion.

He said, "My relationship with Milan is clear: I'll be here as long as Berlusconi wants me. As soon as the president doesn't think I'm worth it, I'll leave."

As Kaka was with the Brazilian squad at the time, the questions moved on to international affairs. He denied any knowledge of the drinking habits of the squad - "I don't drink and I go to bed early" - and of a Ronaldo-Dunga clash.

And of course, he himself claimed to get along fine with the trainer - despite Dunga's assertion that nobody is 'untouchable' in the squad and anyone can warm the bench, as Kaka is expected to do.

"The Selecao is in my heart. I'm proud to wear the shirt. And to be part of the squad sometimes involves sitting on the bench. I have no problems with the trainer."

When asked about his decision to sit out of the Copa America, he said, "[Dunga] understood, and that was the matter closed.

"I don't want to speak anymore about the Copa America."

Understandable. He's spoken at length about it previously. And he has other things on his mind - like AC Milan's season opener at Genoa on Sunday...

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MILAN-SEVILLA

GOALKEEPERS: Dida, Fiori, Kalac;

DEFENDERS: Bonera, Cafu, Digao, Favalli, Jankulovski, Kaladze, Maldini, Nesta, Oddo, Serginho, Simic;

MIDFIELDERS: Ambrosini, Brocchi, Gattuso, Emerson, Gourcuff, Kaka, Pirlo, Seedorf;

STRIKERS: Aubameyang, Gilardino, Inzaghi, Ronaldo.

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MILAN WIN IT ALL: KAKÁ NAMED BEST STRIKER

MONTECARLO - This is what Kaká had to say: "I am proud of this award, for us it was very important to have met Liverpool again after Istanbul."

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KAKÁ BEST PLAYER OF 2006-2007

MONTECARLO - During the ceremony for the draw of the 2006-2007 UEFA Champions League groups Kaká was named best player for the 2006-2007 season of the UEFA Champions League. The Brazilian was the top scorer of the competition with 10 goals.

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Milan 3-1 Sevilla

Milan: Dida; Oddo, Nesta, Kaladze, Jankulovski; Gattuso (Emerson 73), Pirlo, Ambrosini; Kakà, Seedorf (Brocchi 89); Inzaghi (Gilardino 88)

Sevilla: Palop; Daniel Alves, Escudè (Luis Fabiano 82), Marti (Kerzhakov 65), Dragutinovic; Jesus Navas, Poulsen, Keita, Duda (Maresca 74); Renato, Kanoutè

Goals:

0-1, Renato 24'

1-1, Inzaghi 56'

2-1, Jankulovski 62'

3-1, Kaka 87'

Ref: Plautz (Aus)