AC Milan midfielder Kaka has been handed a new five year contract
in order to tie him down to the club.
The Corriere dello Sport suggest that AC Milan have decided to
increase Kaka's salary by 3 million euros per annum in order to
keep Real Madrid at bay.
The Brazilian was earning 5 million euros at Milan, and had four
yeard to rin on his contract, but has now been handed an 8 million
per annum deal through to 2012.
Silvio Berlusconi had admitted after the Super Cup that a new
contract was due.
"Kaka deserves a pay rise, so we will happily give that to him," he
had said.
"We have to be careful, though, as there has to be a balance within
the club and locker room for all the players."
If true, this will make Kaka the highest paid player in Serie A by
some distance.