O'Neill unsure over Milner future

Martin O'Neill wants to keep James Milner but the Aston Villa boss is not certain of the midfielder being at the club by the end of the summer. Big-spending Manchester City have made the England international one of their top summer transfer targets and have already seen one bid in the region of £20million rejected.City are expected to pursue their interest in Milner and up their offer for the former Newcastle and Leeds man as they look to lure him to Eastlands.However, O'Neill wants to keep Milner at Villa Park as he looks to improve on their sixth-placed finish from last season.Asked if he was hopeful of keeping Milner, O'Neill told Sky Sports News: "Well, I don't know about that. "Eventually if players do want to leave the football club, or any football club for that matter, then it becomes more difficult than ever before."But what I will say is we have a better chance of performing in the manner in which we did last season if we could keep the best players and James Milner comes into that equation."

Source: Team_Talk