The Milner Novela... Final episode page 296

[Meanwood Villa]

At the very least I think we should hold out till after the World Cup. If he has a Platty-esque tournament we'll be looking at another 10 mil on the transfer fee especially if England do well

[PaulTheVillan]

The original point I was making is that if we are to sell him, we should be thinking of a price equivalent or close to what you would value a 5 year younger version of Gerrard or Lampard.

That price would probably be around the £30m that most people seem to say they would be happy with though.

They were reported to be willing to pay £40m for Terry last summer, at 31 and with no sell on value. They're rumoured to have spent £47m buying Tevez. I think £30m would represent Man City's first bargain in about 3 years.

Terry was 28 when they were chasing him last summer.

Why does there have to be a sell on value? If they signed him and his performance took them to the CL or on them a trophy then it's money well spent.

It must have been a tough old season for him because he's 32 next month.

I'm not going to bother explaining why it is better to have a sell on value.

John Terry is not 31.

[PaulTheVillan]

The original point I was making is that if we are to sell him, we should be thinking of a price equivalent or close to what you would value a 5 year younger version of Gerrard or Lampard.

That price would probably be around the £30m that most people seem to say they would be happy with though.

They were reported to be willing to pay £40m for Terry last summer, at 31 and with no sell on value. They're rumoured to have spent £47m buying Tevez. I think £30m would represent Man City's first bargain in about 3 years.

Terry was 28 when they were chasing him last summer.

Why does there have to be a sell on value? If they signed him and his performance took them to the CL or on them a trophy then it's money well spent.

It must have been a tough old season for him because he's 32 next month.

I'm not going to bother explaining why it is better to have a sell on value.

erm he's  29 according to wiki. born 1980

Another classic Villadawg fact is that John Terry is 32 next month. Let's just take his word for it.

[Dave]

His brother is 31. Maybe that's where it came from.

[PaulTheVillan]

His brother is 31. Maybe that's where it came from.

Maybe they are now twins, but they don't know it.

[Greg N'Ash]

At the very least I think we should hold out till after the World Cup. If he has a Platty-esque tournament we'll be looking at another 10 mil on the transfer fee especially if England do well

yep. we'll look complete mugs if he has a blinder and we've already sold him.

[JUAN PABLO]

He will end up at Chelsea anyway  ..

[Villa'Zawg]

The original point I was making is that if we are to sell him, we should be thinking of a price equivalent or close to what you would value a 5 year younger version of Gerrard or Lampard.

That price would probably be around the £30m that most people seem to say they would be happy with though.

They were reported to be willing to pay £40m for Terry last summer, at 31 and with no sell on value. They're rumoured to have spent £47m buying Tevez. I think £30m would represent Man City's first bargain in about 3 years.

Terry was 28 when they were chasing him last summer.

Why does there have to be a sell on value? If they signed him and his performance took them to the CL or on them a trophy then it's money well spent.

It must have been a tough old season for him because he's 32 next month.

I'm not going to bother explaining why it is better to have a sell on value.

erm he's  29 according to wiki. born 1980

Another classic Villadawg fact is that John Terry is 32 next month. Let's just take his word for it.

Sorry, my mistake. I was writing Terry and thinking Lampard.

[Ad@m]

so if we were to finish 5th next season but finish 7 points behind 4th, you'd  be claiming we've gone backwards would you?

Would we be any closer to finishing 4th?

That was the point originally made.

[Greg N'Ash]

so if we were to finish 5th next season but finish 7 points behind 4th, you'd  be claiming we've gone backwards would you?

Would we be any closer to finishing 4th?

That was the point originally made.

The only thing that counts imo is that 5 teams were better than us. Again. Points don't come into it as the quality of the sides overal varies each year. If we get 4th next season with the same points total as this year, i certainly won't class it as non-progress

[kipeye]

-I don't think there is any real substance to saying we need to sell him. He may or may not be worth £30m (his age means he could be a world-class player if he continues to improve) but even if he does not fulfil his potential we should keep him if only as a signal that we are not a selling club.
Most people think he and Delph are part of Mon's bigger plans for the midfield-they could be right and turn out to be another Mortimer-Bremner combination.
The other side is that if he does improve further with us it will attract other good players maybe of Champions League class.
If we sell him now-we will never know and besides if he does get better and better who knows, we might start to win things.

[AsTallAsLions]

He will end up at Chelsea anyway  ..

Hope so. As a big fan of his I'd rather see him join a huge team where he'll win major honours than Man City, where he might pick up a Carling Cup medal whilst picking up some of Barry's slack. I'd be offended if he left Villa for that lot.

[Villa'Zawg]

-I don't think there is any real substance to saying we need to sell him. He may or may not be worth £30m (his age means he could be a world-class player if he continues to improve) but even if he does not fulfil his potential we should keep him if only as a signal that we are not a selling club.
Most people think he and Delph are part of Mon's bigger plans for the midfield-they could be right and turn out to be another Mortimer-Bremner combination.
The other side is that if he does improve further with us it will attract other good players maybe of Champions League class.
If we sell him now-we will never know and besides if he does get better and better who knows, we might start to win things.

There would appear to be only two ways to make a successful team (unless you are very, very lucky) and that is to buy one or build one. What does it say about us if we sell Milner?

[barrysleftfoot]

TBh i would just swap him for all 4.

  Micah Richards, for me would make an excellant defensive midfielder.

  I f we do sell Milner, would anybody else buy Rodwell for £15m?, or Ozil?

[KevinGage]

If we get 30 mil for JM then football has really gone mad. The only clubs
pushing up prices are Man City and Chelski i cannot seee SAF offering that kind of money for him. Thats nearly half of what Lerner paid for the whole club. Bite their hands off i say we've seen better players than Jimmy leave and we've gone on to bigger and better things.

Like who and when?

Andy Gray, Alan McInally and David Platt just off the top of my head.