Why Kaka won't leave AC Milan

For reasons of space, the statement by Kaka explaining why he turned down Manchester City was edited by his agent.

• Telegraph Sport has obtained a full draft of the document. The cut lines are between parentheses.
• “After Saturday’s game many people showed me their support [not least the 50 or so fans who camped outside my flat all night long shouting encouraging words like ‘remember we know where you live’].
• “I have even received drawings by kids trying to convince me to stay [I was particularly persuaded by the one of a stick man hanging from a scaffold with a sword thrust into his ribs and the word ‘traitor’ hanging on a sign round his neck.]
• “I’m currently celebrating this decision at home with a couple of friends [though obviously only with a bottle of Asti Spumante, the champagne is a little out of my price range now I’m not going to Manchester].
• “I’m a religious person and I believe the path God decides for us is not always the most logical one [although in this case God got it spot on. When I first approached Him through prayer for advice about Manchester City, He just said one word: ‘who?’]
• “My team-mates were incredible [David Beckham was very useful, filling me in with the details of the climate in Manchester].
• “I haven’t been a Manchester City player, not even for one minute [though now they’ve shown their ambition by signing Craig Bellamy maybe I need to get my agents to reopen communication].”