Kaká's interview translation
I translated a few parts of this interview. I'll translate more later, maybe the entire interview. But this is all for now.
The translations I saw floating around were way too edited, so here is the most faithful translation I could come up with. Portuguese is a really tricky language and my English is far from good enough, so be warned for many grammar mistakes. Some of these sentences might seem out of place or incomplete, but is not my fault that Kaká can’t finish his thoughts.
(first 10 minutes: they talk about the injuries, the possibility of leaving real and how mourinho wanted him to stay, contrary to popular belief)
(10:25)
I: But before your talk with Mourinho, never crossed you mind, while talking with Carol, by yourself at home, didn’t you miss Milan, where you were a myth, where you are a myth to this day? Not even Milan crossed your mind?
K: The affection I have for Milan is… and not just for Milan, for São Paulo too, I played there for 13 years, and 6 for Milan. From the moment I came to here, I believe God has a job for me here, at Real Madrid. I didn’t know when, I didn’t know how, but I knew at some point thing would start happening on the pitch, like they happened at Milan, at the national team, at São Paulo. I had this certainty. I went through one year and a half full of injuries, problems, but at any moment, not even on private conversations with Carol I thought about going back to Milan. I talk with Galliani…
I: They would welcome you back with open arms, you know.
K: I talked with Galliani several times, with the director of football, with Allegri, with Leonardo when he was there, with the players, with everyone and I always made it clear “I want to stay with Real Madrid, I know things will work out here.” I always had this faith, this belief.
I: Not comparing, but setting a parallel: Today, how is it like to you, being here in Spain for 2 years now, playing for Real Madrid, with all the structure, all the strength of this team, and everything Milan will represent for the rest of your life. I don’t want to compare, but well, how would you compare?
K: I played for Milan for 6 years, so I'll make the comparison when I finish my time at Real Madrid. My history here in Real Madrid is completely different from my history at Milan. There, on my first year, I was Serie A's best player...
I: By far.
K: ... Milan won the league, and all that. But not here. It's been two years, underperforming, so it's a completely different period. Now, I hope it will just as good when it comes to results. Managed to win a Champions, won I-don't-know-how-many national leagues with Real Madrid, marked the club's history, then, in the end, with my particular history with Real Madrid and our achievements.
I: For those who have doubts, if I ask you just one reason, for those that still haven't understood your transfer from Milan to Real Madrid, what was the reason, deep down?
K: I believe my time on time there was over. My cycle on Milan was over, that’s the definition. Kajuru, Milan had never, in their history, sold a player for money needs. When I was there, it was 25 or 23 years of Berlusconi, they had never done it. Never. When Shevchenko left, they told him “YOU are asking to leave, and you are going to do it publicly.” Sheva sat before the press and said “Look, I want to go to Chelsea, because I think I’ve already won everything I could here, I have my personal reasons to do it, I thank you all and I’m leaving.” In my case, they called me when Manchester City was interested and said “We have this proposal, it’s VERY interesting to the club, we are going through a world crisis, and the club is thinking about this option, what do you think?” Then all the negotiations started and then I started thinking “Well, we’ve reached a point where Milan is opening the doors for me to leave, something that never happened.” I was 26 back then, so I thought “I have the possibility to leave here and play for a club where I’d like to play for, which is Real Madrid. So, 6 months from now, if this still is Milan’s intention, we’ll talk and I’ll go after the possibility of going to Real Madrid.”
(ronaldinho leaving Milan, no1curr)
(ronaldo being the best player he played with, ronaldinho is close second, cris AND messi being the best players today, cris being the most complete)
(20:40)
I: Who is your best friend at Real Madrid?
K: Ricardo Carvalho.
I: Really? That’s nice.
K: He’s the guy with whom I have more intimacy.
HERE I HAVE TO MAKE A COMMENTARY. After that, Kaká starts saying a bunch of half-sentences that would make no sense in English and tbh, they don’t make much sense in Portuguese either. My interpretation, that I honestly hope is wrong, is that there no one is ~super close friends, and he thinks that is common within football and life. The use of the word “here” makes me wonder. Is it just at Real that THERE IS NO TRUE FRIENDSHIP? Ugh, why do they do this to us, why can’t they all be BFFs? After that, he continues…
K: So Ricardo Carvalho is the guy that I speak the most on a day to day basis, the one I’m the closest with.
I: At Milan, who was the best friend you had?
K: The Brazilians. Serginho, Dida, because they were the ones I played the longest with, Cafu. When I got there there was Rivaldo, and later Pato, Thiago Silva, Ronaldinho.
I: Besides the Brazilians, who had Kaká’s friendship the most? Who got to visit your house, for instance? Because to me friend is someone that comes to your house.
K: Shevchenko was a guy that frequented my house… Maldini… Inzaghi, Gattuso, Pirlo… That was a very good group, very nice.
I: At São Paulo, who was Kaká’s best friend?
K: At São Paulo it was Júlio Baptista… Back then I, Júlio Baptista, Belletti and Maldonado hanged around.
The translations I saw floating around were way too edited, so here is the most faithful translation I could come up with. Portuguese is a really tricky language and my English is far from good enough, so be warned for many grammar mistakes. Some of these sentences might seem out of place or incomplete, but is not my fault that Kaká can’t finish his thoughts.
(first 10 minutes: they talk about the injuries, the possibility of leaving real and how mourinho wanted him to stay, contrary to popular belief)
(10:25)
I: But before your talk with Mourinho, never crossed you mind, while talking with Carol, by yourself at home, didn’t you miss Milan, where you were a myth, where you are a myth to this day? Not even Milan crossed your mind?
K: The affection I have for Milan is… and not just for Milan, for São Paulo too, I played there for 13 years, and 6 for Milan. From the moment I came to here, I believe God has a job for me here, at Real Madrid. I didn’t know when, I didn’t know how, but I knew at some point thing would start happening on the pitch, like they happened at Milan, at the national team, at São Paulo. I had this certainty. I went through one year and a half full of injuries, problems, but at any moment, not even on private conversations with Carol I thought about going back to Milan. I talk with Galliani…
I: They would welcome you back with open arms, you know.
K: I talked with Galliani several times, with the director of football, with Allegri, with Leonardo when he was there, with the players, with everyone and I always made it clear “I want to stay with Real Madrid, I know things will work out here.” I always had this faith, this belief.
I: Not comparing, but setting a parallel: Today, how is it like to you, being here in Spain for 2 years now, playing for Real Madrid, with all the structure, all the strength of this team, and everything Milan will represent for the rest of your life. I don’t want to compare, but well, how would you compare?
K: I played for Milan for 6 years, so I'll make the comparison when I finish my time at Real Madrid. My history here in Real Madrid is completely different from my history at Milan. There, on my first year, I was Serie A's best player...
I: By far.
K: ... Milan won the league, and all that. But not here. It's been two years, underperforming, so it's a completely different period. Now, I hope it will just as good when it comes to results. Managed to win a Champions, won I-don't-know-how-many national leagues with Real Madrid, marked the club's history, then, in the end, with my particular history with Real Madrid and our achievements.
I: For those who have doubts, if I ask you just one reason, for those that still haven't understood your transfer from Milan to Real Madrid, what was the reason, deep down?
K: I believe my time on time there was over. My cycle on Milan was over, that’s the definition. Kajuru, Milan had never, in their history, sold a player for money needs. When I was there, it was 25 or 23 years of Berlusconi, they had never done it. Never. When Shevchenko left, they told him “YOU are asking to leave, and you are going to do it publicly.” Sheva sat before the press and said “Look, I want to go to Chelsea, because I think I’ve already won everything I could here, I have my personal reasons to do it, I thank you all and I’m leaving.” In my case, they called me when Manchester City was interested and said “We have this proposal, it’s VERY interesting to the club, we are going through a world crisis, and the club is thinking about this option, what do you think?” Then all the negotiations started and then I started thinking “Well, we’ve reached a point where Milan is opening the doors for me to leave, something that never happened.” I was 26 back then, so I thought “I have the possibility to leave here and play for a club where I’d like to play for, which is Real Madrid. So, 6 months from now, if this still is Milan’s intention, we’ll talk and I’ll go after the possibility of going to Real Madrid.”
(ronaldinho leaving Milan, no1curr)
(ronaldo being the best player he played with, ronaldinho is close second, cris AND messi being the best players today, cris being the most complete)
(20:40)
I: Who is your best friend at Real Madrid?
K: Ricardo Carvalho.
I: Really? That’s nice.
K: He’s the guy with whom I have more intimacy.
HERE I HAVE TO MAKE A COMMENTARY. After that, Kaká starts saying a bunch of half-sentences that would make no sense in English and tbh, they don’t make much sense in Portuguese either. My interpretation, that I honestly hope is wrong, is that there no one is ~super close friends, and he thinks that is common within football and life. The use of the word “here” makes me wonder. Is it just at Real that THERE IS NO TRUE FRIENDSHIP? Ugh, why do they do this to us, why can’t they all be BFFs? After that, he continues…
K: So Ricardo Carvalho is the guy that I speak the most on a day to day basis, the one I’m the closest with.
I: At Milan, who was the best friend you had?
K: The Brazilians. Serginho, Dida, because they were the ones I played the longest with, Cafu. When I got there there was Rivaldo, and later Pato, Thiago Silva, Ronaldinho.
I: Besides the Brazilians, who had Kaká’s friendship the most? Who got to visit your house, for instance? Because to me friend is someone that comes to your house.
K: Shevchenko was a guy that frequented my house… Maldini… Inzaghi, Gattuso, Pirlo… That was a very good group, very nice.
I: At São Paulo, who was Kaká’s best friend?
K: At São Paulo it was Júlio Baptista… Back then I, Júlio Baptista, Belletti and Maldonado hanged around.