Cuckoo for Kaka

At least 50,000 fans went crazy last night at the Santiago Bernabeu as Real Madrid unveiled Ricardo Izecson Dos Santos or Kaka for short.

As Florentino Perez greeted the Brazilian to the club, the fans began to scream, and soon that was overtaken as the former Ballon d'Or winner Kaka himself walked up on the stage, applauding all the way. The fans then started to cheer and chant his name.

"Thank you president, good evening to all Madridistas. This is very special for me. I'm very happy to take my career here to Real Madrid. There is nothing comparable to the history of this club," Kaka declared.

The crowd roared the loudest as Kaka continued, "Hala Madrid!"

Kaka was presented the number "8" jersey, which was worn by Argentine Fernando Gago last season (Gago is set to wear the vacant number "5" jersey - which was the number many had expected Kaka to wear).

Kaka has just won his first award as a Madridista a couple of days ago - winning the Golden Ball in the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup, after leading Brazil to the championship. We hope that that would be just the first of many trophies he would be winning with Madrid

Other developments

Meanwhile, Real Madrid has also scheduled two more player presentations this week. On July 2, recent signing Raul Albiol (from Valencia) will be unveiled while record signing Cristiano Ronaldo is set to be presented on July 7, which many expect will match, or even surpass, the number of fans who attended Kaka's presentation.

In other developments, Perez has recently said that he expects another new signing within the next couple of days. When asked who this player would be, Perez said he "cannot say who until the deal is done." Right now, it is unclear who that player would be. Valencia aren't selling David Villa anymore. Thus, he is out of the running.

Benzema? Forlan? Ribery? Alonso?

The Dawning of A New Galactico Era

Florentino Perez is known for constructing the Real Madrid Galacticos years ago - bringing in football superstars Zinedine Zidane, Luis Figo, Ronaldo, David Beckham, and Michael Owen.



Now he is back as the new Club President. And he intends to rebuild the Galacticos. He believes that Real Madrid should have a team superstars. It may cost much, but the project is self-sustaining. The club earns more from attendance, jersey sales and other merchandise. And the most important thing is creative football would be back in the Bernabeu.





The first thing Perez did was to hire former Real Madrid Galactico Zinedine Zidane as adviser. He then got a new manager that would fit his plans. He has brought in Chilean Manuel Pellegrini, who did an excellent job with his former club Villareal. It is interesting how he would fare with a better group of football players at Real Madrid.

Just a few hours ago, the dream has become a reality. It has become official - the first Galactico superstar has arrived. This was posted in the Real Madrid official website:


"Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite, Kaka, is a Real Madrid player after an agreement was reached with AC Milan. The Brazilian footballer has now successfully passed all medical tests. Kaka has signed a contract with Real Madrid for the next six seasons."


Yup. That's right, the former Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Player of the Year is now a Madridista. He's our new Zidane, and will most likely wear the latter's number "5" jersey, after Fabio Cannavaro, who previously worn it, has left the club. According to reports, Kaka will earn €9,120,000 a year with Real Madrid. Right now I'm not sure of the exact figure of the transfer fee - but I'm quite certain that it will be around the €65M amount which could rival Zidane's record transfer fee.

With our new Zidane on board, it's now time to find our new Ronaldo.