Man City to Make 'Take it or Leave it' Milner Bid

have to say that I rate Milner, but surely this has to depend on how much money MON has to spend without this money. I keep hearing from The Fear and othher Villa fans that there is plenty available to MON, but I think that being able to bring four or five players would compensate very well the loss of Milner as good a player as he is.

oxfordspur, our manager himself said yesterday that we are in a position where we have to sell to buy. If Milner doesn't leave, we will have the same squad next season as this one just past - perhaps with one, maybe two, in (and we're not talking about quality additions either), and a couple out. Perhaps. And that means we will really struggle to finish in the top six, and might even be under pressure from a club like Sunderland, who have money to spend. Selling Milner enables us to rebuild and restrengthen, and as such is the best move for the club, even if City's final offer is well short of our valuation (which would appear to be ridiculously inflated). The problem is that the guy spending the money is a guy called Martin O'Neill, who doesn't have a great track record in thetransfer market.

Lerneravfc, Milner is in form Ireland hasn't hardly played, Yes Ireland is a very good player and i reckon he might actually do a better job in the Centre, but Ireland is valued at 10m, we paid 12m for Milner, they need him to add to their home grown list of players who will start so many games, so he is more valuable to them than you think.

Much as I like and rate Milner, he has to be offloaded for Mart to have cash to set about reshaping this Villa team. I think that it has been obvious to most that either Ash or Milly had to be sacrificed, otherwise we would no doubt have seen out this particular transfer without making any signings of note. You believe what you want to believe I guess, and I'm of the opinion that cash for team strengthening is very tight, for a number of reasons, and Mart has to ship out players first before he can even think of rebuilding. There are arguments on both sides as to whether we should accept 24m whatever, or hold out for the reported 30m figure we are supposedly looking for, but I'm going to go with the former. Mart needs cash in hand to bring new faces in and quickly, we cant afford to sit about twiddling our thumbs any longer. In the long term though, the club needs fresh investment, otherwise the very same scenario will be repeated next summer.

FCB, i tend to agree with you to a point, but there are many ways to look at his, as we all know MoN is a very canny person and is from the old school of clough, so if its a pit of wits i'd back MoN, as he never seems to back down, and as the GB saga showed he will do so even if it mean selling next year at a loss, with his comments i think its got to the point where he feels he's being messed around either by City or by Milner(his agent) and by doing so has now put the ball in Milners and citys court and said if you want him you know the price pay it or no sale, myself i think he will go for around £25 million or maybe £20 million and a player. but i also think he's right to do as he has. lets say Milner has said he doesnt want to sign a new contract and wants to leave, then why hasnt he handed in a transfer request and waivered his loyality bonus. but as has already been said i think when he moves to city you are getting a very good player that is going to get better if played, and having read a lot from city fans the doubters will be suprised, as Jimmy is one of them players that doesnt make you get of your seat but when he's wearing your team colours you see why everyone raves about him. anyway i cant see this lasting much longer and think both team will agree a deal that suits both. also if say for arguements sake Tevez came out and said he wanted to leave and real madrid offered £30 million, do you think city would take it, i can bet you they wouldnt as they hold his registration just as we do to milner, yes we could end up with an unhappy player but that would also work against JM, as MoN is stubborn enough to just bench him for the next 2 season and then lets see how his career ends up. anyway good luck city for next year i really do hope you win the league and break up the SKY4 cartel, and in doing so we may slip under the radar and nick 4th place from 1 off them :-)

Tottenham are rumoured to be interested in Ashley Young now - if Villa need to sell before they buy, I would imagine Young would be in a similar price category to Milner. Just out of interest, if it came down to a straight choice between Milner or Young, who would the Villa fans rather see leave?