James Milner moves to Manchester City and Ireland to Villa

Manchester City finally snap up Milner; Ireland heads the other way

Posted by Karan Israni On August 18, 2010 1 COMMENT

Manchester City completed the signing of England midfielder James Milner on Wednesday with Stephen Ireland moving to Villa Park as part of the deal.

The fee was undisclosed but local media valued the transfer fee for the 24-year-old at 24 million pounds ($37.53 million) based on a 16 million payment and an eight million valuation of Irish midfielder Ireland.

"I am very happy to have James with us, everybody knows we have admired him for some time," City manager Roberto Mancini told the Macnchester club's website (www.mcfc.co.uk).

"He is an excellent midfielder who can play in a number of positions... but he is also young and a good character. I think he can also improve and be a great player for Manchester City for a long time."

Via Reuters

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