The Milner Novela... Final episode page 296

[pablopicasso_10]

snap their hand off for that...

[PaulTheVillan]

£25m + Ireland please.

Superb deal.

[JUAN PABLO]

£25m + Ireland please.

Superb deal.

Ditto

[Olneythelonely]

£25m + Ireland please.

Superb deal.

That's not going to happen. That would be worth about £36m.

[PaulTheVillan]

£25m + Ireland please.

Superb deal.

That's not going to happen. That would be worth about £36m.

Yep. Typical NOTW.

[Karl Bridges]

I read it to mean the value of the deal being £25m plus add ons with any mix of those players to pad out the deal.

[Olneythelonely]

I read it to mean the value of the deal being £25m plus add ons with any mix of those players to pad out the deal.

Me too.

[PaulTheVillan]

Milner to have a medical tomorrow?

More `ITK`.

Sure.....

[pauliewalnuts]

Was Milner on the bench tonight?

Not as a sub, necessarily, I mean was he seen with the squad?

[Surrey Villain]

Milner to have a medical tomorrow?

More `ITK`.

Sure.....

Any deal should include Joe Hart after tonight.

[Karl Bridges]

From the Daily Mail

Manchester City star Gareth Barry tells James Milner to make his mind up on future

By Ian Ladyman Last updated at 10:31 PM on 1st August 2010


James Milner was warned to sort out his future soon as a back injury forced him to pull out of Aston Villa's pre-season tournament in Portugal.

Manchester City are trying to prise Milner from Villa but have failed to tempt the Midlands club with a bid of £24million.
Wanted: Villa midfielder James Milner

City midfielder Barry found himself in a similar situation two summers ago when Villa manager Martin O'Neill blocked a move to Liverpool and he has warned Milner that the saga will soon begin to take its toll.

He said: 'My advice to him would be to try to get the situation sorted as quickly as possible. Mentally, it is tough to deal with and it does mess with your brain.

'As soon as I had made my mind up that it was not going to happen, and committed to playing for Villa again, my mind stopped wandering elsewhere.

'My advice is for him to speak to Martin O'Neill to try to get the situation cleared and then he can concentrate on what needs to be done for the season. He has got a long career ahead of him.

'It's exactly the same situation as the one I was in. It is hard to say that Martin O'Neill or Villa are doing anything wrong. They have put a valuation on James and if it is not being met they are within their rights to turn offers down. But it is tough for the player.'

[JUAN PABLO]

From the Daily Mail

Manchester City star Gareth Barry tells James Milner to make his mind up on future

By Ian Ladyman Last updated at 10:31 PM on 1st August 2010


James Milner was warned to sort out his future soon as a back injury forced him to pull out of Aston Villa's pre-season tournament in Portugal.

Manchester City are trying to prise Milner from Villa but have failed to tempt the Midlands club with a bid of £24million.
Wanted: Villa midfielder James Milner

City midfielder Barry found himself in a similar situation two summers ago when Villa manager Martin O'Neill blocked a move to Liverpool and he has warned Milner that the saga will soon begin to take its toll.

He said: 'My advice to him would be to try to get the situation sorted as quickly as possible. Mentally, it is tough to deal with and it does mess with your brain.

'As soon as I had made my mind up that it was not going to happen, and committed to playing for Villa again, my mind stopped wandering elsewhere.

'My advice is for him to speak to Martin O'Neill to try to get the situation cleared and then he can concentrate on what needs to be done for the season. He has got a long career ahead of him.

'It's exactly the same situation as the one I was in. It is hard to say that Martin O'Neill or Villa are doing anything wrong. They have put a valuation on James and if it is not being met they are within their rights to turn offers down. But it is tough for the player.'

Make his fooking mind up? fook offf Barry.... Hes made his mind up, he wants to go but your wankish club have not come up with the money we want for him...

[dave.woodhall]

Milner to have a medical tomorrow?

More `ITK`.

Sure.....

Look where it came from, and teh original source.

[ozzjim]

As just said on another thread, MON has said it is totally in the hands of Lerner re this transfer and he does not know who he will and won't have in his squad this season as he is not in control of it basically. From being all things to all men to relinquishing a fair amount of control over transfers, some pretty hard words must have been had between Lerner and O'Neill, and the former clearly does not have the same trust as he did, and rightly so.

[Mazrim]

Yeah, that doesn't concern me that much, or at all in fact. He should be involved in choosing who he wants to buy and sell but not the actual process of buying/selling.
If he was involved or largely responsible for paying Heskey £60k per week I wouldn't even give him his own credit card.

I'd have thought he'd be too busy preparing the squad for the season anyway.