MrPhilb wrote:
No you didn't but you where less than complimentary about him when he left Newcastle in fact i remember you were laughing the fact you'd got the fee you did for him. He's obviously progressed since he played for you because I take you you where happy to see the back of him at the time???
Like I've already explained numerous times, I laughed at the fee because £12m was too much for him. As much as I liked him at Newcastle, he had some glaring weaknesses. Some of those weaknesses have improved massively at Villa whereas some still remain. I wasn't happy to see the back of him because he was a player I liked, so much so that he was on the back of my away shirt the season before we sold him but £12m was more than he was worth. Villa are wanting £30m for him, that's also laughable because he isn't worth anywhere near that. Half it and it's in the right area. He isn't worth £18m more than we sold him for just under two years ago.
I liked Milner as a player at Newcastle and still like him as a player at Villa. I'm pleased for him that he's ironed out some of the faults in his game whilst at Villa because he always put in the effort for us and never stopped working, hence why he was one of my favourite players.
