AC Milan won’t stop Kaka from going to Man Utd

AC Milan owner Silvio Berlusconi has indicated that the club won't stand in Brazilian star Kaka's way if he decides he wants to move to Manchester United in the close season. Berlusconi, also Italy's prime minister, made the comments on a TV show, claiming that the San Siro club would never make a player stay against his will, but hoped that the 27-year-old would stay.

If the rumours of Kaka's desire to play at Old Trafford are true, it would conceivably clear the way for Cristiano Ronaldo to realise his long-cherished dream of a move to Spanish giants Real Madrid. Kaka would likely cost Alex Ferguson more than £50m, which would be small beer compared to the £75m being quoted for Ronaldo...

Roque Santa Cruz is still adamant that he will be leaving Blackburn Rovers this summer, but Manchester City, always deemed as his most likely destination due to Cruz's former Ewood Park boss Mark Hughes being there, may not be interested in him any more. Hughes warned the 27-year-old Paraguayan that he may not return for him after having three bids rejected during the January transfer window. "We’re looking at a number of players, and our targets may well change," Hughes said yesterday. "You can’t put all your eggs in one basket"...

Meanwhile, Manchester City chief executive Garry Cook has claimed that discussions between him and Barcelona president Joan Laporta this week weren't about the Eastlands club signing Barca star Samuel Eto'o but instead were about how the moneybags Mancunians could go about emulating the Camp Nou side...

Fulham fans will be hopeful that they can hang on to their defensive giant Brede Hangeland after he told the Cottagers' official website that he hadn't turned down a new deal with the west Londoners and that negotiations continued apace. The Norwegian has been integral to a great season on the banks of the Thames, standing tall in the fourth measliest defence in the Premier League and helping Roy Hodgson's side to seventh position and a possible Europa League spot next season... ·