Kaka tells Real Madrid he wants to leave

Real Madrid's Brazilian playmaker, Kaka, has told the Spanish club he wants to leave after deciding he will not get sufficient playing time under new coach Carlo Ancelotti.

The 31-year-old has failed to reproduce the form that won him a World Player of the Year award in 2007 since he joined Real from AC Milan for a fee of 65 million euros ($86 million) in 2009.

Real has several players ahead of him in the pecking order, including Germany's Mesut Ozil and Spain's Isco, and Kaka said he hoped to move on before the transfer window closes on Sept 2.