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 Post subject: Re: James Milner
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 Post subject: Re: James Milner
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James Milner closer to Manchester City exit after contract impasse • Midfielder has offers from clubs in Spain and Italy
• Arsenal and Liverpool remain Milner’s most likely suitors
• Kompany: Arsenal defeat has fired us up to face Chelsea
James Milner's current deal at Manchester City expires at the end of the season. Photograph: Dan Rowley/ Dan Rowley/Colorsport/Corbis Stuart James
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Manchester City are running out of time to tie James Milner down to a new deal, with the two parties still a long way off reaching an agreement and the England international currently weighing up three proposals from clubs in Spain and Italy including a particularly attractive pre-contract offer that he would be free to sign this month.

While there is no guarantee that Milner will accept any of the opportunities in front of him at the moment – any pre-contract agreement with an overseas club would need to be signed before the end of the January window – the chances of the midfielder remaining at City are receding by the week. Arsenal and Liverpool remain the most likely destinations if Milner chooses to remain in the Premier League after his contract expires in the summer.

City have not yet given up hope of keeping Milner, who joined them from Aston Villa in a £26m deal during 2010. Club officials met with his representatives last week and they are not a million miles apart when it comes to an agreement on the figures put forward in a proposed contract.

For Milner, however, the financial package is not going to determine where and when he signs his next deal. If the former Leeds trainee leaves on a free transfer under the Bosman ruling at the end of the season, he will be well remunerated wherever he pitches up. The burning issue, in his eyes, is what happens on the pitch over the next few years. He turned 29 this month and wants to be playing every week.

Milner gets on well with Manuel Pellegrini, City’s manager, but there is no escaping the fact that he is frustrated with the amount of playing time that he has had under the Chilean and Roberto Mancini before that. Although Milner has featured more regularly this season – he has started 11 Premier League games compared to 12 in the whole of the previous campaign – he is aware that injuries to key players, including Samir Nasri, Yaya Touré and David Silva, have helped his cause at times. When everyone is fit, Milner knows he is not a mandatory pick and is more likely to find himself on the bench.

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Being substituted at half-time on Sunday, in the 2-0 home defeat against Arsenal, was a big disappointment and will have done nothing to allay concerns about how he is viewed at City, especially as Nasri was injured for that match and Touré away at the Africa Cup of Nations.

Pellegrini has spoken warmly about Milner’s attributes on plenty of occasions and often expressed his wish to hold onto the player. Yet there was bemusement among Milner’s camp when the City manager intimated earlier this month that an agreement between the club and player was imminent. “I hope that James will stay here and he will sign his contract in the next few days,” Pellegrini said following the 1-1 draw at Everton.

Despite regular and amicable talks with City, the bottom line is that Milner has never been close to signing . Furthermore, while it is likely that the two sides will get together again soon, there are no further discussions scheduled to take place. Perhaps most significantly, it is hard to see how City can satisfy Milner’s desire to be starting more matches.

While the prospect of playing abroad is appealing, and the formal offer that has been tabled in the past fortnight from a top European club has provided serious food for thought, Milner has more to take into consideration since becoming a father last year and it may well be that he arrives at the decision that the timing is not right to venture overseas.

All of which will encourage Arsenal and Liverpool – Chelsea tried to sign Milner when he joined City from Villa but are not believed to be interested this time round – that there is a golden opportunity to pick up an England international, still under 30, on a free transfer in less than six months’ time.



would be a huge problem if he did leave, massive fuck up.

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 Post subject: Re: James Milner
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Want Jimmy to stay but we really need to get some fresh blood in. Our team has had the average age of nearly 30 this season.


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 Post subject: Re: James Milner
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Pablo Zabaleta urges James Milner to sign new Manchester City contract • England international’s contract runs out in the summer
• Zabaleta: ‘Hopefully he can stay with us for many years’
• Match report: Manchester City 1-1 Hull City
• Premier League: 10 talking points from the weekend action James Milner is congratulated by Pablo Zabaleta, who hopes his Manchester City team-mate signs a new contract. Photograph: Mike Hewitt/Getty Images Press Association

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Manchester City’s Pablo Zabaleta hopes James Milner remains a team-mate for “many years”. Milner underlined his value for City with a stoppage-time free-kick to snatch a 1-1 draw against battling Hull on Saturday.

The goal came amid continuing uncertainty over the England international’s future. The 29-year-old is out of contract in the summer and despite talks a new deal remains unsigned.

Zabaleta said: “We know how important James is for this team. His commitment and his passion have always been fantastic. He is a player who can play in different positions. He is a great professional, a fantastic lad. Hopefully he can sign a new deal and stay with us for many years.”

Manuel Pellegrini has expressed hope that Milner, a £26m signing from Aston Villa in 2010, will stay having shone centrally, out wide and even up front this season.

Milner has reportedly had reservations because of uncertainty whether he will command a regular starting spot but Zabaleta is keen for him to sign.

Despite Milner’s late heroics, the result against Hull was still a frustrating one as it allowed Chelsea to extend their lead at the top of the Premier League to seven points.

Hull had gone into the game in the bottom three – and after losing their previous three matches – but they looked the more confident side and led after David Meyler’s 35th-minute strike.

Zabaleta said: “It’s disappointing because that was a game we were always supposed to win, especially because we knew it was another chance to get three points and try to reduce the gap to leaders Chelsea. It’s a hard moment, because we expect our team to play better, not just for 45 minutes like we did in the second half.

“We were a little bit flat at the beginning of the game, and when you concede a goal you have to play against teams that choose to defend with all of their players behind the ball – it’s hard to find space. But there is still a long way to go, a point is a point, and it was a great free-kick by James that saved a point.”



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James Milner Appearances 21
Free Kicks 11
Corners 39
Crosses 60
Assists 5

Now is the time for James Milner to be given a chance in his preferred central midfield position. Automatic selection continues to elude the 29-year-old, who started Saturday’s 1-1 draw with Hull City on the bench before entering on 66 minutes and grabbing the added-time equaliser. Milner was bought in the summer of 2010 on the strength of his performances for Aston Villa in the middle of the park but has since become an auxiliary wide player. Whenever he is asked, central midfield is offered as his best position. Fernando, the £12m signing from Porto in the close season, has proved a clumsy operator – he was replaced at half-time against Hull – and Fernandinho continues to suffer a World Cup hangover from Brazil’s 7-1 humiliation by Germany.

A central pairing of Milner, who could hold and break up play, alongside Yaya Touré, who could scheme and run at the opposition, is surely worth a look as City try to defend the championship from seven yawning points behind Chelsea. Jamie Jackson


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 Post subject: Re: James Milner
PostPosted: Fri Feb 13, 2015 2:37 pm 
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I hope he stays, top player is Jimmy

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