The Milner Novela... Final episode page 296

[peter w]

Part of me fears that paying £12M for a player and selling him for £28M might be considered a success.

a profit of £16m for a player that's not worth £16m? Too right that's a sucess. And yes we could easily replace him.

[villa for life]

so how does MON do on all his signings. Is he making a profit. He'll make a profit on Milner and Young, but lost on Davies, Shorey, Sidwell etc..does it all even out..?

[MoetVillan]

I dont think we have sold any of those guys yet.  I would think that if he sells a player he wants as much as possible for that guy at that time, and its irrespective of what the player was bought for.  Whats spent is spent, and its all asset management today.  Jeepers, Rafa I think only net spent a couple of million at Liverpool and it didnt do him or the squad much good.  Its not the money in the bank, its the squad you have

[LeeB]

I dont think we have sold any of those guys yet.  I would think that if he sells a player he wants as much as possible for that guy at that time, and its irrespective of what the player was bought for.  Whats spent is spent, and its all asset management today.  Jeepers, Rafa I think only net spent a couple of million at Liverpool and it didnt do him or the squad much good.  Its not the money in the bank, its the squad you have

Exactly. Money in the bank don't win matches.

[Bigmelonface]

I dont think we have sold any of those guys yet.  I would think that if he sells a player he wants as much as possible for that guy at that time, and its irrespective of what the player was bought for.  Whats spent is spent, and its all asset management today.  Jeepers, Rafa I think only net spent a couple of million at Liverpool and it didnt do him or the squad much good.  Its not the money in the bank, its the squad you have

Exactly. Money in the bank don't win matches.

You could argue Money poorly spent means you stand still while your direct competitors spend their money better and leap frog you whilst still having the burden of players on your books with daft wages that nobody wants to take off your hands.

[Bigmelonface]

Part of me fears that paying £12M for a player and selling him for £28M might be considered a success.

a profit of £16m for a player that's not worth £16m? Too right that's a sucess. And yes we could easily replace him.

Selling one of your best players should never be deemed as a success.

The only reason some are coming round to this train of thought is because they think we need the money to reinvest in the team.

[villa `cross the mersey]

Part of me fears that paying £12M for a player and selling him for £28M might be considered a success.

a profit of £16m for a player that's not worth £16m? Too right that's a sucess. And yes we could easily replace him.

With whom?

I must confess I wasn`t impressed with him to start but once he moved inside I was pleasantly surprised. He is no winger however he puts in a shift and was the heartbeat of our midfield most of last season.

I will be very disappointed to see him go, primarily as he is a good sold pro and is a great trainer, rarely gets injured and is a great ambassador for club and country.

[PaulWinch again]

Part of me fears that paying £12M for a player and selling him for £28M might be considered a success.

a profit of £16m for a player that's not worth £16m? Too right that's a sucess. And yes we could easily replace him.

I do not think we could replace Milner easily. Also given that we only shop domestically, it will be incredibly hard.

[hilts_coolerking]

I never believed, as some on here seemed to, that Milner was God's gift but, nevertheless, he is one of our best players so losing him would be a blow.  Losing him to one of our rivals for 4th would be a bigger blow.

If he goes no doubt we'll get over the odds for him but we'll have to spend it wisely to see any benefit from it.  And that hasn't always been Martin's strongest suit.

[barrysleftfoot]

Have faith hilts.........MON has indeed invested it well, he already has a player at VP who is better than Milner, Fabian Delph.

[PaulWinch again]

He may be better than Milner one day, but there is no way he is better than Milner now.

[hilts_coolerking]

Have faith hilts.........MON has indeed invested it well, he already has a player at VP who is better than Milner, Fabian Delph.

But he's not though is he.  He might be one day, but he's not there yet.  And he's not going to be there next season either, because for him next season is going to be all about recovery.

[Uncle Junior]

The annoying thing is that clubs we are competing with seem to be able to cherry pick our best players. Why can't we keep them?

[Concrete John]

The annoying thing is that clubs we are competing with seem to be able to cherry pick our best players. Why can't we keep them?

Not clubs - club singular.  And they're the richest club in the world so there's no shame in it.

[hilts_coolerking]

The annoying thing is that clubs we are competing with seem to be able to cherry pick our best players. Why can't we keep them?

Not clubs - club singular.  And they're the richest club in the world so there's no shame in it.

What concerns me is that we're not exactly paupers ourselves and yet it appears we may be tempted to cash in on a player because we're being offered over the odds for him.

For a side that has Champions League ambitions, wouldn't it be more sensible to build the side around Milner rather than go for the money?  We can't need it that badly surely?