Manchester City boss Mark Hughes has hit out at all the negative publicity surrounding the club's pursuit of Brazilian superstar Kaka. AC Milan have indicated City would be willing to pay £108 million as a transfer fee for the 26-year-old, with a massive weekly wage, estimated in some quarters to be £500,000.

"I have been a little disappointed about some of the reactions to the prospect of a fantastic player coming to City," Hughes told the Manchester Evening News.

"There are some elements of the media who are talking about a deal and how much Kaka is going to earn when those things are a long way from being talked about.

"It is being said that the player is going to get a level of wealth that some people are saying is obscene when the club are not even having those talks yet.

"People are going to have to bide their time and realise it is not a deal that is going to happen in 24 hours."