At first, Galliani thought it was due to the "Calciopoli" scandal and that the situation would improve as the league progressed. But now that the season is halfway through, there are still large areas of empty seats in the San Siro stadium.

In addition to the team's financial situation being worse than in previous years, AC Milan's owner, Berlusconi, has also reduced his investment in the club for various reasons. If it weren't for Ancelotti's relatively good performance on the field, Galliani would have quit!

Two weeks ago, when Galliani heard that Li Shiguang wanted to buy Kaka, he immediately convened a board meeting to discuss the feasibility of the matter.

Kaka has a year and a half left on his contract, and AC Milan is currently paying him an annual salary of 6 million euros before tax.

In the initial contract renewal negotiations, Galliani sincerely wanted to increase Kaká's annual salary to €9 million before tax, which was the upper limit AC Milan could afford. However, Kaká's treacherous agent demanded an annual salary of €13 million for Kaká and even used Real Madrid's interest in signing him as leverage against Galliani.

This made Galliani very unhappy. He knew that Kaka did not want to leave now, but if a club really offered him a sky-high annual salary, it was hard to say. A professional athlete's youth is only a few years, and there is no reason for him to give up more money during his rising period. Moreover, Kaka's contract will enter its final year at the end of this season.

Even if I wanted to sell him then, I probably wouldn't get a good price.

So after some discussion, Galliani overruled everyone's objections and decided to meet with Li Shiguang first to see what kind of good price he could offer...