The Milner Novela... Final episode page 296

[boboonthecorner]

some wanker manc tosser wrote on that odious little clubs vital football page,

"Manchester City's summer transfer target, James Milner talks to the official FA.com website and in doing so answers fans questions submitted via Facebook.

The current Aston Villa and England midfielder looks relaxed in front of the camera, something he'll be doing quite a lot of if and when Villa finally realise they can't keep hold of one of their prize assets."

makes you sick that these c***s got lucky with a ridiculously rich owner...

would love it if he got bored and they got stuck with their wage bill and nothing to work with but their crap reputatuon and that bellend garry cook...

Thats modern football for you. This sort of thing has just about squeezed my last little bit of interest and enthusiasm out what happens to Villa and football in general....

Never thought I'd ever say this but I don't give a toss where Milner goes or who O'Neill replaces him with. Unless you have millions to spend in the Prem you're just making up the numbers! :(

[not3bad]

I think milner will want to go , he can probably treble his wages and join a team with multi millions to spend , who I believe will much closer to the top next season now that Hughes has gone.

I would imagine keane, Ireland and Richards would all be prepared to take a wage cut to get regular 1st team football., and all 3 would get into our 1st team.They would all get a cut of the fee as they haven't asked for transfers and I'm sure they would see villa as an attractive deal.

How many times can this guy type exactly the same post in this thread?

[mshurst]

My guess is 64.

Thing is, if Milner does decide to sod off it's not like Villa will cry about it! It's going to be another Barry situation - Everyone hates him for a while and then we rub his nose in it when he does rubbish.

And I'm not 100% sure that a player will only leave if he's bored or unhappy ... if he gets nearly twice his current salary he's going to go. Only Villa born Villa supporters will hesitate a move.

[MoetVillan]

You may love playing at a club and its long term plan, hopefully two things we offer at VP, but if someone offers you a shiteload more money to go somewhere else, you can understand that.  City's owners may get tired and walk away later, but a player like Milner will always have buyers, so I could understand why he would consider leaving.  Hope he doesnt though, I have enjoyed watching him develop perticularly over the last season, and proud its Villa that are responsible for some of that.  He really wants to improve himself.

[eastie]

Agreed,he is a credit to his profession unlike some of his England teammates and I'm sure he will go on to be classed in the likes of Bryan robson in the next few years.

[TimTheVillain]

Apparently a deal has been done, and he's leaving for 'football reasons' - not money.

I'm reading into this Man Ure or Chelsea.

[BannedUserIAT]

Source?

[TimTheVillain]

FD of a PLC who have a commercial relationship with the club - he is also a Villa fan.

Met him in Pub du Vin yesterday, can't say a lot more Troy.

[tarzansbrother]

Selling to Chelsea would some how soften the blow in losing him as moving to the current prem champs that can offer so much more than Villa is reality. With the fee looking like £30m the key will be wether its given up front and not over say 3 seasons.

[boboonthecorner]

Apparently a deal has been done, and he's leaving for 'football reasons' - not money.

I'm reading into this Man Man Utd or Chelsea.

Not necessarily, City is arguably a move for football reasons as well. We can paint it how we want but they will be top 4 or challenging for the league a lot sooner than we will.

[SPENTFORCE]

Agreed.

[TimTheVillain]

True enough I guess sadly.

My guess is ManUre at the moment though, as there is a question mark over the Citeh Manager's tenure, and we know that James is not fond of joining clubs without managerial stablility.

Bottom line is, looks to me like he's off.

[mshurst]

I lost all hope that we'd keep him after the press conference he gave before the World Cup.

I'd prefer him to go to Man Utd or Chelsea too. At least there's a reason there - silverware. Man City are only in Europa this league and (IMHO) players only go there because they get offered shit loads of cash.

Let Milner go. At the end of the day he'll always thank Villa for giving him the opportunity to get into the bigger clubs - if O'Neill hadn't spotted his potential he may still be playing for Newcastle ATM.

He's a brilliant player, and he'll be missed. But for £30M+ we can get more potential players for that.

I like the look of that Chilean Sanchez TBH.

[SteveN]

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I like the look of that Chilean Sanchez TBH.

Fellow we should be signing is the Udinese scout.  They have Sanchez, Orellana of Chile and Asimoah of Ghana on their books.  All young and all look decent.

[JJ-AV]

I think we're resigned to losing him, but waiting till post World Cup so we can get the maximum we can for him.

I think he'd do well at Citeh tbh, just want us to get £20million and Ireland for him. I'd be happy with that.