The Milner Novela... Final episode page 296

[placeforparks]

disappointing, but not unexpected.

everton stuck firm with lescott, i hope we do the same.

[pmk1981]

love it paul

If that can happen , james milner would be loved, because if he didnt bugger off we wouldnt get a team like that

[villa for life]

can't believe what some are thinking we are going to get from citeh for Milner.
We won't get 20 million plus Ireland...no way because that would equate to over 30 million.

Unfortunately, we are not in the driving seat anymore. We will sell and unless another club come in and show interest, citeh will get Milner for the price they are willing to pay.
I'm going to plump for either 20-22 million cash, or 15-17 million plus Onuoha, or 10-15million plus Ireland...

Maybe we should start a poll!

[Rip Van We Go Again]

If you can't keep your best players, you are by definition a selling club. Citeh can't get the best players because at the top level ambition still comes before money otherwise, Rooney, terry, Torres, Fabregas would be there. We're going to have our best players picked off every summer like in the ellis years unless we get fourth.

Spurs have sold Carrick and Berbatov in recent years.  They're used to wheeling and dealing there, and it hasn't stopped them achieving 4th.  Manchester United are a selling club by your definition.  I wouldn't get so hung up on selling players, it's how they're replaced that matters.

Therein lies the problem.
You shop in the English League and you pay through the nose for players.

£10m Parker?
£8m Cole?
£7m Jenas?
£10m Doyle?

[pmk1981]

If you can't keep your best players, you are by definition a selling club. Citeh can't get the best players because at the top level ambition still comes before money otherwise, Rooney, terry, Torres, Fabregas would be there. We're going to have our best players picked off every summer like in the ellis years unless we get fourth.

Spurs have sold Carrick and Berbatov in recent years.  They're used to wheeling and dealing there, and it hasn't stopped them achieving 4th.  Manchester United are a selling club by your definition.  I wouldn't get so hung up on selling players, it's how they're replaced that matters.

actuially mate, u have a bloody good point there.  And look whats happend to both carrick and berbatov,  they have gone shite :-)

[Greg N'Ash]

If you can't keep your best players, you are by definition a selling club. Citeh can't get the best players because at the top level ambition still comes before money otherwise, Rooney, terry, Torres, Fabregas would be there. We're going to have our best players picked off every summer like in the ellis years unless we get fourth.

Spurs have sold Carrick and Berbatov in recent years.  They're used to wheeling and dealing there, and it hasn't stopped them achieving 4th.  Manchester United are a selling club by your definition.  I wouldn't get so hung up on selling players, it's how they're replaced that matters.

well thats the worry init. spurs got lucky, most clubs don't improve by selling their best players like Man U, Arsenal and liverpool recently. I think we're gonna struggle next season, whether he buys the wrong players with the money or they take time to settle

[Chris Smith]

can't believe what some are thinking we are going to get from citeh for Milner.
We won't get 20 million plus Ireland...no way because that would equate to over 30 million.

Unfortunately, we are not in the driving seat anymore. We will sell and unless another club come in and show interest, citeh will get Milner for the price they are willing to pay.

No, they'll meet our valuation or he will not move as Liverpool found out with Barry.

[richard moore]

If - if - he goes to Man City, you've got to wonder what the fuck is happening to English football.

Yaya Toure, Silva, Barry, De Jong, Kompany, Adam Johnson, Vieira, SWP

They can't all play, so how depressing to see one of the so-called future of England players going somewhere he, and another England midfielder, are going to be spending most of their time on the bench, or in the "Elite Squad"

Yeah. You wonder, do any of these players ask, 'so, where will I be playing?' during transfer talks?

As Mancini signed them, you have to imagine Toure and Silva are nailed-on starters, Milner too. What, then, for the others? And Landon Donovan and Balotelli supposedly coming in too... it's crazy. They'll have two world class or top class players for every position!

And a lot of very unhappy mercenaries. As I've said previously, Bellamy, Tevez and Adebayour to name but three are extremely quick off the mark to throw their toys out the pram when they are not first choice. And this Balotelli guy looks about as stable as Heskey going up for a header. It would be interesting to watch it all kick off if they got knocked out of a cup or two early on and were not hitting top 4 straight away. And even if they do, we can extract pleasure from watching it happen at the expense of Arsenal, the bindippers or Spurs etc....

[TaxDodger]

can't believe what some are thinking we are going to get from citeh for Milner.
We won't get 20 million plus Ireland...no way because that would equate to over 30 million.

Unfortunately, we are not in the driving seat anymore. We will sell and unless another club come in and show interest, citeh will get Milner for the price they are willing to pay.
I'm going to plump for either 20-22 million cash, or 15-17 million plus Onuoha, or 10-15million plus Ireland...

Maybe we should start a poll!

You mean like Liverpool got Barry for the price they were willing to pay? I think O'Neill will stand firm and get a good 25 million out of them.

[Irreverent ad]

MON Quotes:

"I'd imagine things will be resolved in foreseeable future."

He added: "City made an offer but it did not meet our valuation.

"I'm sure matters will be resolved soon. James is back next week having had extended holiday."

[pauliewalnuts]

well thats the worry init. spurs got lucky, most clubs don't improve by selling their best players like Man U, Arsenal and liverpool recently. I think we're gonna struggle next season, whether he buys the wrong players with the money or they take time to settle

With Manchester City, we have the fact that they're paying stupid wages. That, combined with the fact that, having used said stupid wages to attract much better players, they're now a much better bet for silverware or CL than we are, and will continue to be that way.

The time to really worry would be were we losing players to Spurs, where the money is about the same (possibly less down there) and the reasons are football, not financial.

If it iis true MON hasn't spoken to Milner since before he went to the world cup, that makes me think he would probably prefer to flog him now and take the money.

[Merv]

can't believe what some are thinking we are going to get from citeh for Milner.

It's more a case of setting our stance... we've nothing to lose by setting a high target. It's not just about a fee from City - the rate they're going they need to offload players too, and Ireland surely can't have any kind of future there after the midfielders they're bringing in. I'd say the ball is still in our court - we have a player they want. Let's play hardball a little.

[Ger Regan]

The big dirty bellend. So much for being one of the "good guys"

[pedro25]

Barry and £20 mill for me please.  Barry was as good central midfield for us the previous two seasons as James was last year and I would say Downing and Milner are comparably good out wide.  City would then be essentially paying us £32 mill for James, which is great for us.

[PaulTheVillan]

I would love MON or Randy to come out and say we need to make this deal the best we can for the club.

Either they do the deal we want in the next 48 hours, or they piss off.