The Milner Novela... Final episode page 296

[boboonthecorner]

According to The Mail Milner met with Randy Lerner and Paul Faulkner and didn't feel sufficiently moved by their vision to commit to Villa therefore we have placed a £30m price on him. If this is true then I hope we get rid of the ungrateful little shit ASAP........

I hope the story is bullshit.

[Exeter 77]

The full article with not one quote.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1283235/James-Milner-cost-30m-Aston-Villa-warn-Manchester-City-England-stars-future-looks-increasingly-uncertain.html

[MattW]

According to The Mail Milner met with Randy Lerner and Paul Faulkner and didn't feel sufficiently moved by their vision to commit to Villa therefore we have placed a £30m price on him. If this is true then I hope we get rid of the ungrateful little shit ASAP........

I hope the story is bullshit.

Well, the Times has a little note also saying the meeting took place and Villa want £30m. The article doesn't include the 'sources say Milner's non-commitment is a major negative', so the Mail could have embellished themselves there.

But sure, the publicly reported outcome of a meeting between the club and James being the amount he'd cost isn't a brilliant sign.

[JJ-AV]

I'd be very suprised if he's still here next season.

£30million, or some combination of money and one or both of Richards and Ireland and I'd be happy.

[SoccerHQ]

15m cash + Onouha and Ireland please.

Add to the 15m cash we get from selling other squad players and we should have 30m to spend on getting in another central midfielder, a good striker and a full back or two.

[boboonthecorner]

15m cash + Onouha and Ireland please.

Add to the 15m cash we get from selling other squad players and we should have 30m to spend on getting in another central midfielder, a good striker and a full back or two.

Whats the point?? We sign replacements manage to break the top 4 and our top players would still get cherry picked. If it happens to Arsenal what chance do we have? Just goes to show unless you have cash youre fucked.

[JJ-AV]

15m cash + Onouha and Ireland please.

Add to the 15m cash we get from selling other squad players and we should have 30m to spend on getting in another central midfielder, a good striker and a full back or two.

Whats the point?? We sign replacements manage to break the top 4 and our top players would still get cherry picked. If it happens to Arsenal what chance do we have? Just goes to show unless you have cash youre fucked.

Thats the thing though, if they leave on OUR terms it's not the end of the world.

If we can get big money for him now, lets take it and improve.

Spurs have used that model, and they've finally got to the next level. They've been using this model for years. It's only been the last two seasons under the new regime that our players have been targets for richer boys.

We love Milner, but emotion aside he's not worth anything like £30million, probably half that (we overpaid in the first place). That sort of money the likes of David Villa and Fabregas are moving for. Milner costing a reported £10million more than David Silva for example? It's madness.

We must take it, and if we can reinvest it as cleverly as we did the original £12million in Milner we'll be even better for it in the long term.

[BedsVillain]

15m cash + Onouha and Ireland please.

Add to the 15m cash we get from selling other squad players and we should have 30m to spend on getting in another central midfielder, a good striker and a full back or two.

Whats the point?? We sign replacements manage to break the top 4 and our top players would still get cherry picked. If it happens to Arsenal what chance do we have? Just goes to show unless you have cash youre fucked.

The point is you have to keep going! If we have to keep selling and then buying then sobeit, we're not just going to give up because the big boys are picking on us.

Have to agree SHQ, Ireland + Onuoha + 15m sounds a good deal to me, if he is to go that is, obviously I'd prefer him to stay and still get in Ireland and Onuoha and a good link striker too.

[boboonthecorner]

Yeah I know you're right, Spurs have proved that and if anything now look in arguably a stronger position than Arsenal.

[Monty]

To be honest, it seems strange to me that Milner would commit to Manchester City, of all people. He has time on his side, he doesn't need to go now, unlike Barry, and if he were to go he could go to more stable and established clubs than Manchester City. It'd be taking a huge risk on his career, in my opinion.

As for the offering of players, if MON didn't want them in the first place he's not just going to go "oh alright, I'll take them then". Football management doesn't really work like that, or at least not in MON's world. The Mail are saying it's negative, but the Guardian's Stuart James, who broke this story months ago, are saying that Villa feel it's 'positive'. So we can assume that all is bullshit for now.

[Percy McCarthy]

I'd ask for Hart, Ireland and possibly Richards.

[Shrek]

I've been thinking about this, I think selling milner for 30 million could be what gets us too the next level.

We will get at least 10 million from other players sold, so 40 million to spend improving the team properly not just for the sake of it.

All this done without a penny off Randy, hopefully meaning that for once we can strenthen in January if we are flying again.

[ozzjim]

I think the 15 Ireland and Onouha is a good deal too Soccer. Then buy Diame off Wigan, and I would have had a look at Ledley on a free to go with it as we let the squad players go.

[BannedUserIAT]

I'd ask for either:

(a) 30 milllion cash.
(b) 20 million and Ireland
(c) 15 million and Ireland & Belamy & Onuhahaha.
(d) 25 million and Belamy and Cook to make an open statement that he used to support Blues as a kid but has since realised that Villa are massive step above and that he's rather embarassed to be associated with the noses.

[Archie]

Should Milner go, it'd be very, very sad, moreover because (after the Barry's saga) we'd confirm that we are not enough attractive to make our best players stay. I regret the players of the past, particularly the heroes of 1981 and 1982, that were a bunch of fantastic lads, committed to the club and aware of its proud history, not mercenaries like are the 90% of the modern players.