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19/01/2009 17:12 Calcio Comment: How Milan Must Prepare For Life After Kaka If the Rossoneri are to lose their iconic forward to Manchester City, not all is lost if the money received is spent correctly, writes Goal.com's Gil Gillespie... »Comments (25) Print This Story Send To A Friend Contact Us galleria zoom Some day soon, it seems the boy will have to pack his bags and go. Whatever anyone thinks about Kakas protracted move from Milan to Manchester it could amount to a something of a crisis for his seemingly forgotten coach, Carlo Ancelotti. When all the questions about morality and excess have died down, the genial Milan tactician will be left with a huge, gaping hole right in the middle of his football team.
Ancelotti's problems are multiple. Firstly, he will have lost his best and most influential player. As Milan vice-president Adriano Galliano stated recently: "there are no replacements for Kaka, because he is unique." Secondly, the proposed £100 million-plus transfer comes bang, smack in the middle of the season, leaving the club with very few options when it comes to bringing in any new players, let alone players who are fit to lace either of the 26-year-old Brazilian's whirring Adidas.
And yet, if Berlusconi isn't prepared to dip his hand into his soon-to-be even more ridiculously large pockets, Milan could face the possibility of failing to qualify for the Champions League for the second consecutive season, an unmitigated disaster for the club that has been more successful in the competition than any other over the last two decades. Lets not forget that the Rossoneri currently lie third in Serie A, six points behind leaders Inter with Genoa, Napoli, Fiorentina, Lazio and Roma breathing down their necks in what is the most hotly contested Scudetto race in years.
With no immediate replacement for their mercurial lynchpin, their get-out-of-jail-free card, even a side with as much experience as Ancelotti's could suffer a crisis of confidence. It is not easy going to places like the Renzo Barbera this season and coming away with anything other than a bruised ego.
Silvio Berlusconi begs to differ. "If I don't sell him then the balance of the team will go up in smoke," said the Milan owner, enigmatically and somewhat unconvincingly last week. And although the tangerine tyrant suggested he had transfer targets in mind, his second in command was unequivocal in his assertion that things would stay exactly as they are.
In defence of this argument they may like to recall that Juventus seemed to gel and prosper following the record breaking sale of Zinedine Zidane to Real Madrid in 2001.
And Milan do have a certain two-time FIFA World Player of the Year at their disposal. Ronaldinho has had his moments since his move from Barcelona in the summer but he was never going to function at his best alongside Kaka. He is still only 28-years-old and he may about to be given the ideal opportunity to re-establish himself among the footballing elite. And who better to have as a partner than the mind-blowingly exciting Alexandre Pato. Kakas balance, subtlety of movement and electrifying pace on the ball will be missed, of course, but Ronaldinho has both the imagination and the skill to play in the hole behind his fellow countryman or alongside him as more of a shadow striker.
In addition to a more prominent role for Ronaldinho, not finding an immediate replacement for Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite, as his mother called him, could also allow Marco Borriello to do something other than stare inappropriately at David Beckham in the showers and give Pippo Inzaghi and Andrei Shevchenko a chance to wave the flag for creaky-legged striking legends everywhere. Plus, they could also recall the hugely promising Italian Under-21 international Alberto Paloschi, currently on-loan at Parma.
Eventually, however, AC Milan will need to be rebuilt. Surely, for the sake of their personal safety as much as anything else, Mr Berlusconi and Mr Galliani will have to spend some of the huge bounty they will receive for Kaka on new players.
But just who should Milan have in mind when it comes to rebuilding their ageing squad?
They probably need a goalkeeper, a centre-back or two, a full-back, a couple of midfielders and a striker. Arsenal's Emmanuel Adebayor and Chelsea's Michael Essien have been mentioned as potential big-money targets. Yet neither really fit the bill, they just dont seem like Milan players and this is a club who hold onto their history, identity and aura more passionately than most. And surely replacing Kaka with Frank Ribery would be like swapping champagne for cider. But with Europes top clubs increasingly desperate to hold onto their assets at all costs, what chance does any club have of prising the likes of Sergio Ramos away from Real Madrid or Mascherano away from Anfield?
The brave thing to do would be to buy young and buy Italian. Italy suddenly seem to have another generation of talent waiting in the wings. Napoli defender Fabiano Santacroce possesses the anticipatory skills of Franco Baresi and has the pace to match and is rumoured to be seen as the eventual replacement for Alessandro Nesta. But there are a host of other Italian-born starlets who could be assimilated into the team alongside the more established stars. De Silvestre, Nocerino, Galloppa. De Ceglie, DAgostino, Pepe and Acquafresca are just a few names that should be in the Milan mind.
Is this too optimistic? Probably. It might even seem naive. But if Michel Platini does manage to implement the '6 plus 5' rule in the next few years, it might begin to look like the forward planning of a genius.
It may not seem like it at the moment, but losing Kaka could be just the kick-start this global powerhouse needs to lift them out of a glorious yesterday and into a golden tomorrow.
What are your views on this topic? If Kaka moves to Man City, who, if anyone, should Milan buy? Will the club survive or even prosper without him? Goal.com wants to know what YOU think.
Gil Gillespie, Goal.com
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