Tim Vickery seems to be lavishing egalitarian praise on Kaka for his attempt to save Milan from the economic pressures we are all living with http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/timvickery/2009/06/milan_to_madrid_via_manchester.html

While I appreciate that Kaka, Milan and Real Madrid have to go about securing their long-term futures in business, is it not a teensy bit disingenuous to suggest that Kaka left Milan as a canonised ex-player, thinking of how he could save his former club from extinction?

Is it not more the case that from it being a case of "typical Kaka - diplomatic, intelligent, serene and methodical" it was more the overpowering whiff of £56,000,000 that swayed the mind of the young Brazilian?

Barnet Hospital was built for £40,000,000 - that's a whole hospital serving thousands of people and would still leave enough change for Madrid to have purchased Gareth Barry from Villa. Now I'm not saying that Gareth is on par with Kaka, but there is no justification on earth that can be proposed that says one man should be paid that much for his services.

I have clients working in childcare that could not comprehend such a wage. People who are making real differences to children's lives not simply entertaining a few thousand folks every weekend.

As a football fan I understand that the top sides have to attract top players but this obscenity of escalating fees has to stop; and to pretend that the morals of players are impeccable when signing for such fees is stepping beyond the pail.