Kaka had returned to Brazil, but his father remained in Europe, continuing to handle the transfer arrangements for him.
The day before Yang Yang returned to China, he heard that Real Madrid had tentatively agreed to Kaka's transfer, but demanded that AC Milan pay at least thirty million euros in transfer fees. After the news was published, quite a few Kaka fans were furious.
Just like Real Madrid's offer of sixty million euros to Paris Saint-Germain for Ibrahimovic, this kind of matter had nothing to do with emotions. It was purely a negotiation of interests. Whether Paris Saint-Germain and AC Milan paid the fee or not had nothing to do with the players.
Yang Yang stayed in Madrid for several days. Real Madrid sold Maxwell for five million euros, sending him to Paris Saint-Germain. The Brazilian left-back received a generous salary, and he was quite satisfied with it. Still, when he called Yang Yang, he felt the sadness of parting with a close friend.
The few of them would no longer be able to get together to play Fighting the Landlord.
Recalling how he had taught them to play Fighting the Landlord, and remembering those youthful years at Ajax, Yang Yang wondered how only a few years had passed in the blink of an eye. Yet it felt as though they had experienced so much, and those days had seemed so long.
After Real Madrid sold Maxwell, the club also contacted several teams, including Man City, Inter Milan, and Roma, regarding Maicon's transfer. The Brazilian right-back was expected to leave during the summer as well.
Barcelona's recruitment proceeded even faster. After officially securing Valencia left-back Alba, they began working feverishly toward their next target: Arsenal's Cameroonian defensive midfielder Alexandre Song.
Seydou Keita left Barcelona and joined a Chinese Super League