Kaka will join Real Madrid from AC Milan in the coming days, according to reports in the Spanish press this morning. The deal is believed to be worth €65 milliion.

Milan denied yesterday evening that general manager Adriano Galliani was negotiating the sale of Kaka to Real Madrid during a visit to Spain.

Speculation has been mounting that the Brazilian playmaker will swap the San Siro for the Bernabeu following Florentino Perez's return as Real Madrid president, and reports in Spain insist a deal had been agreed between the clubs during talks in the Spanish capital.

Kaka, who turned down a move to Manchester City in January, claimed on Tuesday he wants to stay at the San Siro.

"I'll say it for the last time. The last time. I don't want to leave Milan," he said. "In this period I prefer to remain silent because I don't want to be misunderstood. Or, worse still, to be used.

"To the millions of Milan supporters, I say that I have made my choice. I have said what I want to stay. Leave me in peace, please."

Kaka was the subject of a big-money bid from City in January but the audacious swoop failed, with the player insisting he had no desire to leave Milan.

Since then he has been linked with a move to Madrid and speculation increased still further as the return of Perez - who was in charge during the Spanish club's famous Galacticos era - grew ever more likely.