2 January 2011

Matchday 17 - Player to Watch

Kaka (Real Madrid)


Despite reports in Marca at the weekend that Emmanuel Adebayor has been offered to the club, it is still looking unlikely that Real Madrid will dip into the transfer market in January. Jose Mourinho shrugged off concerns about a shortage of forwards a few weeks ago and pointed out that Kaka will be like a new signing when his is finally fit. That moment has now arrived as the Brazilian maestro has been named in Mourinho's matchday squad for the first time after a miserable four months on the sidelines nursing his pubalgia problems. Due to an understandable lack of match fitness, the former World Player of the Year is likely to start on the bench but hopefully he will get some minutes to make what would undoubtedly be the most eagerly anticipated appearance of the jornada. Given the emergence of Mesut Ozil and Angel di Maria this season, Kaka will have to fight for his place at the club and cannot afford to be as inconsistent as he was in his first season at the Bernabeu. If he does find his best form under Mourinho, he will be among an exclusive pool of truly world class players plying their trade in La Liga.

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