I have to be honest anything above 20 mil in my opinion has to be a good deal for Milner but the repercussions could cause more problems than the money is worth imo .
Take the replacement/'s , the most likely players we will sign would be someone in the mould of scott parker an aging player who is noware near as good as milner , or a youngster who maybe in time (like Delph) might be , but what for the coming season , we all would hope for a van der vart but deep down we know its not going to happen.
In the eyes of the rest of the league we are starting to look like a feeder club of sorts , which is a great shame considering the expectations we had just a few years ago .
Im not blind in seeing that yes in the last few years we have improved year on year but imo we dont look like improving upon 6th place ,ok maybe 5th at a real push ?
But is that what we want ? happy to contend with ?>
I know the word "man city" will pop up and the fact that we cant compete with them , and i realise that , so I guess this begs the question does Randy need to sell up ? again Im a massive fan of his and all that he has done for us , but if like me you dream that one day villa will win the league again (maybe champions of europe ) then I firmly believe the only way is for new owners with more money .