The Milner Novela... Final episode page 296

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If anybody believes that City hadn’t sounded Milner out before the World Cup then they’re a fool.

[adrenachrome]

Anyone posted the Guardian article yet?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/jul/22/manchester-city-james-milner-aston-villa

Tempted to believe it tbh. Milner doesn't seem the type. MON is getting a bit of a reputation for pissing players off.

If that is true, then it really is pretty fucking disgraceful.

The 2 journos who wrote this are in New Yoik Citeh with Man Citehh and the only direct quotes are from MoN.

Work it out.

[pauliewalnuts]

If anybody believes that City hadn’t sounded Milner out before the World Cup then they’re a fool.

I'm sure they did, but if that Guardian article is to be believed (and they're amongst the most accurate of sources with Villa stories) and Milner was never actually approached about a new contract, and never said he wanted to leave, then you really do have to wonder what the fuck is going on

[pauliewalnuts]

Anyone posted the Guardian article yet?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/jul/22/manchester-city-james-milner-aston-villa

Tempted to believe it tbh. Milner doesn't seem the type. MON is getting a bit of a reputation for pissing players off.

If that is true, then it really is pretty fucking disgraceful.

The 2 journos who wrote this are in New Yoik Citeh with Man Citehh and the only direct quotes are from MoN.

Work it out.

The Guardian is a decent source for Villa stories.

Only one of the journos is in New York.

Stuart James (the other one) is their midlands correspondent.

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If anybody believes that City hadn’t sounded Milner out before the World Cup then they’re a fool.

I'm sure they did, but if that Guardian article is to be believed (and they're amongst the most accurate of sources with Villa stories) and Milner was never actually approached about a new contract, and never said he wanted to leave, then you really do have to wonder what the fuck is going on

Even if you place your trust in the journalist, it doesn’t change anything. Citeh wouldn’t have bid for him unless they’d been given the nod by the player himself. As Dave Woodhall said, there’s no need for the histrionics.

Milner wasn’t being paid very much at Newcastle, we offer a big fee and triple his wages. Now Man City are offering a big fee and will be tripling his wages.

[eastie]

The general also says milner.has been a true pro in the situation and is full of praise of his conduct throughout so again the finger points at the man named mon.

[Greg N'Ash]

Staggeringly bad PR whoever is in control. Anyone still looking forward to the new season? What a day.........

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The general also says milner.has been a true pro in the situation and is full of praise of his conduct throughout so again the finger points at the man named mon.

Blamed for what? Pissing him off? Boo-hoo. He could tuck him in at night and read him a bed time story and it wouldn’t have changed the inevitable.

[eastie]

Maybe so,but there are differing sides to the story, was he offered a contract and did he express that he wanted to leave or did he just leave everything open until after the world cup?

Either way if the offer is £24m let's take it and get on with spending it rather than mess about weeks trying to squeeze another million.

[pauliewalnuts]

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Even if you place your trust in the journalist, it doesn’t change anything. Citeh wouldn’t have bid for him unless they’d been given the nod by the player himself. As Dave Woodhall said, there’s no need for the histrionics.

I am aware of the way these things work, but why would City not have bid for him had his agent not given him the nod? And what is the link between that, and that article?

I'm not engaging in histrionics, I'm referrring to the part where Milner disputes that he told MON he wanted to leave, and says that MON is not being truthful in saying he was offered a new contract.

[curiousorange]

I don't understand where they have the legs to run this story from. The Villa side has direct, attributable quotes. All we get from the player's side is a sensationalised 'exclusive.'

Having said that, I wouldn't be surprised if this was a tactic to speed the whole thing up. If it's on the part of our club, it's pretty shabby.

[Slaphead]

Maybe MON want's to look good by selling our best player. If Milner asks to leave then MON looks the good guy, no use keeping a player that does not want to be here and will go for cheaper in a few years. If MON wants to cash in on Milner then he will look the bad one and make us look like a selling club.

[pauliewalnuts]

Maybe MON want's to look good by selling our best player. If Milner asks to leave then MON looks the good guy, no use keeping a player that does not want to be here and will go for cheaper in a few years. If MON wants to cash in on Milner then he will look the bad one and make us look like a selling club.

And I suspect you're spot on.

[adrenachrome]

Anyone posted the Guardian article yet?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/jul/22/manchester-city-james-milner-aston-villa

Tempted to believe it tbh. Milner doesn't seem the type. MON is getting a bit of a reputation for pissing players off.

If that is true, then it really is pretty fucking disgraceful.

The 2 journos who wrote this are in New Yoik Citeh with Man Citehh and the only direct quotes are from MoN.

Work it out.

The Guardian is a decent source for Villa stories.

Only one of the journos is in New York.

Stuart James (the other one) is their midlands correspondent.

OK, let me put it another way.

What, would you say, has the chap in New York contributed to the piece, and what is his likely source?

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I’m saying that what differences does it make whether a contract was talked about, offered, rejected or otherwise? Once Citeh bid, the whole thing became inevitable, Milner was always going to go, as the only players saying no to Man City are those that are already there, such as Bellamy.