The Milner Novela... Final episode page 296

[PaulTheVillan]

Fingers crossed. I'd genuinely prefer him to go.

That's how I'm feeling too JJ.

If we can get £25m or say £20m and Ireland I'll be happy.

[TheSandman]

Fingers crossed. I'd genuinely prefer him to go.

Me too.

If we can get Ireland and some money we can have a far better team than we would with just James Milner.

[pauliewalnuts]

I'd rather he stayed but lets be honest, 25 million for Milner is daft money.

[JJ-AV]

Strange one when the majority of Villa fans would seem to prefer us to sell arguably our best player to divisional rivals.

[Shrek]

I would much rather he stays as long as we can get someone like Keane still.

Let's face it Ireland is good but a lazy selfish sod, who would fall out with Martin within a week!

[KevinGage]

Strange one when the majority of Villa fans would seem to prefer us to sell arguably our best player to divisional rivals.

I'd argue he isn't our best player, and in order of importance to the first XI I'd put Ash and Dunne ahead of him.

He is a very good player who (might) go on to become one of the most important players of his generation. James Milner 2010 model isn't really worth £20+ mill. But then James Milner right winger wasn't really worth £12 million in 2008.

Citeh are gambling that he'll get close to that valuation in time.

He'll need to cement a place in their starting XI to do that, and I wouldn't even say with absolute certainty he is capable of that when you see the level of player they've brought in.

[Toronto Villa]

Strange one when the majority of Villa fans would seem to prefer us to sell arguably our best player to divisional rivals.

Yes, to a point. But I think a lot of us a have a familiar bitter taste in the mouth. Plus the mone is stupid, and frankly a lot more than the player is worth.

[TimTheVillain]

Strange one when the majority of Villa fans would seem to prefer us to sell arguably our best player to divisional rivals.

Yes, because he is no Messi.

If we can prise Ireland away and Bellamy and get £10 mill off Citeh, that is good business.

Even if our transfers in and out stayed there, we'd have a better team than last season I reckon.

[JJ-AV]

Strange one when the majority of Villa fans would seem to prefer us to sell arguably our best player to divisional rivals.

I'd argue he isn't our best player, and in order of importance to the first XI I'd put Ash and Dunne ahead of him.

He is a very good player who (might) go on to become one of the most important players of his generation. James Milner 2010 model isn't really worth £20+ mill. But then James Milner right winger wasn't really worth £12 million in 2008.

Citeh are gambling that he'll get close to that valuation in time.

He'll need to cement a place in their starting XI to do that, and I wouldn't even say with absolute certainty he is capable of that when you see the level of player they've brought in.

I'd agree, maybe not with Dunne - but in terms of importance I'd have Ash, Gabby and Petrov ahead of him. Those three IMO are vital.

[WALTERS WARRIORS]

Bellamy or Keane ?????

[Legion]

Neither.

[WALTERS WARRIORS]

Well 5 goals from Heskey is not gonna help .........

[Legion]

The chances of Ivanhoe scoring 5 times next season for us is nil.

[peter w]

A quote from Stephen Ireland, "I've heard Fulham and Sunderland are interested, maybe even Aston Villa...", sounds like he'd love to come.

[Karl Bridges]

Goal.com

Manchester City midfielder Stephen Ireland set to quit club after bust-up with Roberto Mancini
25 Jul 2010 23:21:00


Stephen Ireland is set to leave Manchester City after rowing with manager Roberto Mancini on the club's transatlantic trip to New York, reports The Mirror.

The Irish midfielder reportedly clashed with Mancini after City's loss to Sporting Lisbon, having been substituted after an hour.

Ireland has seen his first team opportunities limited under Mancini, and the addition of Yaya Toure to the Citizens' squad has brought even greater competition for the central midfield positions.
Mancini reportedly also threatened to omit Ireland from City's Premier League squad list for the upcoming campaign, which will have only served to strengthen speculation linking the combative midfielder with a move away from Eastlands.

I would take £10m if we could get Ireland and De Jong.