MANCHESTER, Jan 21: Manchester City accused AC Milan on Tuesday of reneging on an agreement to sell Kaka to the Premier League club and blamed the Brazil star’s father for being too greedy.

City executive chairman Garry Cook sharply criticized the Serie A club, a day after leading the team’s delegation to Milan hoping to complete the world-record transfer of almost 100 million pounds ($147 million; euro111 million). The proposal fell through Monday night with Milan and the Brazilian announcing that he was staying in Italy.

“Milan bottled it — they lost their nerve,” Cook said in an interview with two reporters. “They had agreed to sell their prize possession and we had agreed to buy him.”—AP