I heard on Radio 5 today in two different news bulletins that they ‘understand’ a bid of £24m has been officially placed by Man City for Milner. This at the moment is not being reported elsewhere but I am NOT deaf 
So whilst the talks today were amicable we have no statement from either side indicating any possibility of contract talks and that can only lead to a conclusion that Milner does not want to commit himself.
Of course that means we have a choice to make, do we hang on for £28-30m we are reported to want, knowing he could go for £12-15m next summer especially if he repeats last season a lot more clubs will want him and he becomes more affordable for say a Liverpool or Spurs.
And no chance of him staying, I would imagine right now only Randy, Paul Faulkner and MON know the answer to that.
EDIT : reports on Man City’s Bluemoon forum said a reporter outside Bodymoor claimed we have rejected the £24m bid
Also on same forum they have said
Interestingly SSN has just said the reason for the delay in signing Balotelli is because CITY have stalled the deal and the reason is that all of our negotiation team are deep in talks for Milner so Balotelli has to wait.
End game ? and remember a guy commenting on here said deal would completed by tomorrow
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am i the only villa fan who just wants him gone now ?
he said he didnt want to play for us get 15 plus ireland and move on
i recon ireland is better than milner then we can also use the 14 on keane and maybe someone like mcgeady who both want to play for villa unlike milner
I also recon oneil should ask about 14m + barry maybee anyone else thinking this is a possibilityy
but please dont accept 18m + ireland on loan because that is ridiculas
hurry up oniell take ireland an 20 mill ur at this every year waiting til last minute fs
Think i posted this on another thread but will repeat it again here. MON thinks he is playing Full Tilt Poker with the Milner transfer deal waiting until the very last moment ,just hope the other player Mancini does not say f**k it and pulls out.
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