“I think that’s one of the very good things here because it makes the championship very competitive,” he insists. “With how the league works, we will never have a super-team like Barcelona or Real Madrid, and I think that creates more interest in the league. In Spain, it is about the two super-teams among the 20, and you lose [competitive] interest.
“In Spain, it is the most extreme. Their big two are so different from the other clubs. In England, there is more competition, and in Italy as well. In Germany, it is in danger of becoming just about one team with Bayern. France was probably more competitive a few years ago, too.”
If that’s a big pat on the back for MLS, Kaká also has a veiled warning for teams stocking up on big-name DPs – notably Orlando’s fellow 2015 expansion team from the Big Apple.
“We see New York City with three amazing players; that’s very good for them and their fans,” he says. “But a team [in this league] has to be built on 25 players and, with the way the league works, we will never see a super-team for a long period.
“Maybe for one or two years, but after that it is going to change and another team is going to buy those type of players, and I think that’s fair.”
Fairness and balance crop up a lot in Kaká’s view of the league and its structure, concepts that can be difficult to find in Europe where he played almost 14 years for Real Madrid and AC Milan, two of the continent’s biggest names but hardly bastions of egalitarianism.
That also makes him a fan of the NFL and NBA, with their salary cap and nods towards parity. He grew up watching American basketball and football, and is fascinated by the prospect of last year’s doormats becoming this year’s all-conquering heroes.
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