MONDAY RUMORS: JAMES MILNER TO JOIN MANCHESTER CITY

in EPL by Itai — July 26, 2010 at 1:50 pm | 1 comment

With two years remaining on James Milner’s contract at Aston Villa, talks with Manchester City are underway to aquire the midfielder.

Before the World Cup tournament, Man City’s offer for Milner was rejected, but it has been reported that a new and improved offer is ready.

Although Milner will deny it, rumor has it that he had suggested that he liked the idea of making the switch to Manchester City.

“James Milner trained with the rest of the Villa squad today [Monday] at Bodymoor Heath,” a club statement read. “He and the manager, along with chief executive Paul Faulkner and the player’s representative, Matthew Buck, had an amicable conversation and, while James will not play in tomorrow’s game at Walsall, he will fly with the squad to Portugal on Wednesday ahead of the Guadiana Cup in which Villa will compete with Benfica and Feyenoord this weekend.”

Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini said recently in response to O’Neill’s declaration that Milner was keen to leave Villa Park: “If we have this chance [to sign Milner] I think we can take him.”

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