tinker Posted July 28, 2010 VT Supporter Share Posted July 28, 2010 Looks like its over Man City depsite all their money, have failed to bully us out of our player. This is an important message to other clubs who might also attempt the same strong arm tactics. Make no mistake about it, Cooke will be scratching his head over this one. lol. Well done MON and the rest of the management team, you play a mean game of poker. £30m or .... off! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dante_Lockhart Posted July 28, 2010 Share Posted July 28, 2010 Looks like its over Man City depsite all their money, have failed to bully us out of our player. This is an important message to other clubs who might also attempt the same strong arm tactics. Make no mistake about it, Cooke will be scratching his head over this one. lol. Well done MON and the rest of the management team, you play a mean game of poker. £30m or .... off! I concur. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa89 Posted July 28, 2010 Share Posted July 28, 2010 Its seems very likely that he will stay now. Interesting move as I can see it costing us alot of money in the long run, hopefully milner can show he's worth keeping next season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super-Villan Posted July 28, 2010 Share Posted July 28, 2010 they are trying to play hardball, i dont understand why milner wont sign a new deal with us. why not say look james we revived your career and we wnat wnats best for the club, sign the contract so you get more money and if you still want to go next summer, then fine. this keeps all partie shappy you leave and we get more money for you as a club, as next season your valuation will drop. i dont see why milner wouldnt do that, he will earn more for this season But his valuation wouldn't drop if he signed a new contract, it would go up as he would be contracted to us for longer. Just as it will go down when he only has a year left on his contract, like with Barry. So if he doesn't sign a new contract, he knows there's more chance of a big club buying him next year. Like with Barry. And increasing his wages a bit for one year with us is nothing compared to the raise he'd get at City in a year's time. That's why he won't sign a new one, just like Barry didn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonLax Posted July 28, 2010 Share Posted July 28, 2010 Get in, I am happy about that if true. Though I won't be sighing with relief until the window closes and he is still here. Hopefully it is just the wage bill that is a concern and Randy is still willing to sign a couple of players as long as fringe players leave, as mysteryman has suggested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bannedfromHandV Posted July 28, 2010 Share Posted July 28, 2010 Oooo that scumbag word removed Milner looks like he might be staying which MON doesn't seem fussed about. Have we any money now? WTF Jez? Grow up mate, seriously. You're acting like a **** 10 year old, it's pathetic - and that goes for the rest of the people making these comments too, to single out Jez is a little unfair but it's the only one I've seen this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jez Posted July 28, 2010 Share Posted July 28, 2010 Oooo that scumbag word removed Milner looks like he might be staying which MON doesn't seem fussed about. Have we any money now? WTF Jez? Grow up mate, seriously. You're acting like a **** 10 year old, it's pathetic - and that goes for the rest of the people making these comments too, to single out Jez is a little unfair but it's the only one I've seen this morning. Perhaps i should have put a after that first sentence I dont agree with people slagging him off, neither did i agree with people slagging off Barry before he left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomav84 Posted July 28, 2010 VT Supporter Share Posted July 28, 2010 my £10 on milner to stay looking pretty good now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bannedfromHandV Posted July 28, 2010 Share Posted July 28, 2010 Oooo that scumbag word removed Milner looks like he might be staying which MON doesn't seem fussed about. Have we any money now? WTF Jez? Grow up mate, seriously. You're acting like a **** 10 year old, it's pathetic - and that goes for the rest of the people making these comments too, to single out Jez is a little unfair but it's the only one I've seen this morning. Perhaps i should have put a after that first sentence I dont agree with people slagging him off, neither did i agree with people slagging off Barry before he left. Fairy nuff, angry rant retracted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_John_10 Posted July 28, 2010 Share Posted July 28, 2010 Hang on wasn't there a good few pages on this thread all about MON trying to push Milner out the door? I wonder if those people will carry on complaining using that theory to justify it? I'm glad we take this stance, we have good players and I'm sure we will continue to buy good players and standing up to the likes of Liverpool and city really does send out an excellent message. Oh and it's nice to hear that randy and the chief exec are heavily involved in transfers. Maybe now we can stop putting the sole blame for wages on just the manager and make out that poor randy has no idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted July 28, 2010 Share Posted July 28, 2010 But his valuation wouldn't drop if he signed a new contract, it would go up as he would be contracted to us for longer. Just as it will go down when he only has a year left on his contract, like with Barry. So if he doesn't sign a new contract, he knows there's more chance of a big club buying him next year. Like with Barry. And increasing his wages a bit for one year with us is nothing compared to the raise he'd get at City in a year's time. exactly only suggetsing maybe signing a 2 year deal so we receive a good sum too. i reckon we will lose about 10m if we sell him next seaosn. this to me suggest we dont want any city player including ireland. i would happily take 20m and ireland. i think city would too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robitee Posted July 28, 2010 Share Posted July 28, 2010 What will we get for him next summer, £15m-ish? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders Posted July 28, 2010 Share Posted July 28, 2010 I would think , or perhaps I should hope, any opprobium directed Milners way was conditional on him leaving, handing in a transfer request etc, and with all the rumours you never knew precisely where he stood. I would have angry with him for joining those arseholes and wanting out. I would still like him to sign a new contract if he ultimately does stay - which is far from certain - as if he doesn't sign, it indicates he still wants to leave, but is ok with waiting a year to get his move. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Posted July 28, 2010 VT Supporter Share Posted July 28, 2010 Why do I have deja vu here? Fair play to the board for not folding but do we really need an unhappy player around? Worse would involve a deadline day move that would leave our season plans severely dented. The best option here would be to plan for life without him, then if we can keep him for another year then great. As a bonus he should be offered a year’s extension to his current contract on improved wages, just enough to cover us better for next summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gizmo Posted July 28, 2010 Share Posted July 28, 2010 He's still pretty likely to go. Today's developments are just part of the negotiations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_John_10 Posted July 28, 2010 Share Posted July 28, 2010 Does this also not show that we are not relying on the milner money to buy other players? As if we are I'm surprised randy and Mon are so keen to stick to their original valuation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awol Posted July 28, 2010 Share Posted July 28, 2010 I'll believe it when the window shuts and he's still here but will me made up if he does stay. This could just as easily be MON's mind games again showing Citeh that if they don't take him it's not going to upset the Villa camp - something they are probably relying on right now to strengthing their negotiating hand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phumfeinz Posted July 28, 2010 Share Posted July 28, 2010 So does this mean we won't be getting Ireland? To be honest I'd rather we did the deal and got cash + Ireland instead of keeping an unhappy player for one more season a la Barry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wol. Posted July 28, 2010 Share Posted July 28, 2010 Was happy when I heard the latest today, but , Mancity board arnt going to argue over a couple of million, they have been paying well over price since they got there, The only time they argued was over Lescote, and the way that transfer was drawn out till the start of the season totally messed up evertons season. Think they may want to do the same to us. This wont be over till transfer deadline day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted July 28, 2010 Share Posted July 28, 2010 spot on phumfeinz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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