The Spanish side tried to sign Kaka while he was at Sao Paulo but they were unable to compete with Milan for him.
“Since the beginning, we knew he would become a great player,” Monchi was quoted as saying by El Mundo Deportivo.
“He had everything and we liked him a lot. But his price was too high from the start and most major European clubs were immediately positioned to sign him.
“We could not compete with AC Milan, so we had to resign ourselves to leave this track without being able to negotiate with him.”
