SuperSilva21
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I rate Milner but I think sometimes he flatters to deceive.. If he goes then It'd be a "thanks for your efforts" and I'd move on pretty quickly!
sam-caddick said:chris85mcfc said:sam-caddick said:Those comments from Rodgers tell me he has been tapped up by Liverpool.
What's annoying is we won't get a fee for him and our budget in the summer will have to readdressed to accommodate paying an overinflated fee for one of Barkley or Sterling, most likely Sterling because that's pretty much Milner's position.
I would like Sterling but I wouldn't wind promoting Marcos Lopes into Milner's position.
I like Milner but i would imagine that Sterling could potentially offer us more in an attacking sense
Not too sure that he would replace Milner tho, I don't think many English players directly replace what Milner offers us. I'd prefer it if he stayed at City because he has been here a good few years now and gave everything, but I'm not too concerned that we would struggle to replace his ability, despite us having to cough up some decent money in order to do it
We will have to replace Milner with a homegrown talent, for me the only standout is Sterling or promoting Marcos Lopes.
I will be happy with either, Sterling will cost us £35m-£40m though I reckon.
Or his initial offer was short of what he was expecting or short of what he thinks his recently risen stock at the club is worth, and he's laid his cards on the table to the club to say "i'd like a bit more and i think i'm worth a bit more for my last big contract...what can you do?" and the club are going back and drawing up something new, or not and he's now looking around for something else.MeatHunterrr said:Hardly a surprise that he has been tapped up, is it. He would have signed long time ago if he wanted to stay.
T H I Stolmie's hairdoo said:chris85mcfc said:without a dream said:Jimmy doesn't have an agent.
It looks increasingly like he's going to leave. That's his prerogative I don't see why anyone would 'wish him well' though. It's going to cause a headache for the club, unless they feel Lopes is ready to step up it's going to cost us circa £20m to replace him with someone with the requisite attributes, then there's the homegrown factor. He's a smart bloke, he knows the situation, so he's got the club over a barrel. I think he's a great player and there's no doubt he's a fan favourite but he's acting against the interests of the club and I'll be supporting the club long after he's retired.
You are correct, but I would add that City could have prevented this by offering him a deadline last summer, and if he was showing any signs of uncertainty, then we should have listened to offers for him
It's a two way thing IMO, Milner knows the position the club is in, but at the same time we have allowed this position to prevail
And Milner countered City's deadline by insisting he wanted to wait and see if he got more playing time between now and the end of the year.
They took him at his word, that it wasn't about money, this is all City are guilty of.
Milner can only be considered a disrespectful sod if he does not use the opportunity of this month to publicly lay all his cards on the table, one way or another.
If he refuses to sign in the next couple of weeks, no doubt his lack of integrity will continue to extend to fluffy soundbites between now and the end of the season, in the hope he can also blag another medal or two.
DTKOAG said:T H I Stolmie's hairdoo said:chris85mcfc said:You are correct, but I would add that City could have prevented this by offering him a deadline last summer, and if he was showing any signs of uncertainty, then we should have listened to offers for him
It's a two way thing IMO, Milner knows the position the club is in, but at the same time we have allowed this position to prevail
And Milner countered City's deadline by insisting he wanted to wait and see if he got more playing time between now and the end of the year.
They took him at his word, that it wasn't about money, this is all City are guilty of.
Milner can only be considered a disrespectful sod if he does not use the opportunity of this month to publicly lay all his cards on the table, one way or another.
If he refuses to sign in the next couple of weeks, no doubt his lack of integrity will continue to extend to fluffy soundbites between now and the end of the season, in the hope he can also blag another medal or two.
Anonymously of course.Kun Aguero said:I'll boo the bastard and leave racist abuse on his twtter if he doesn't sign a new contract.
LOLKun Aguero said:I'll boo the bastard and leave racist abuse on his twtter if he doesn't sign a new contract.