James Milner explains 'big Liverpool risk' after behavior from Man City owners

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Manchester City's owners attempted to convince James Milner to re-sign in 2015, but he had already committed to join Liverpool on a free despite admitting it was a "big risk"James Milner said it was a 'big risk' trading Manchester City for Liverpool(Image: 2026 Visionhaus)James Milner was a warrior for Liverpool during the Jurgen Klopp era, but the legendary midfielder admitted he never planned to join the club, as he initially wanted to stay at Manchester City.Milner is a Premier League legend and recently broke Gareth Barry's record for the most league appearances. "I had two years left at City, really wanted to stay," Milner said.

The offer came, and it was pretty poor to be honest."They were clever with the media and said the offer is more than he's on now, but it was like, 'If you win four Ballon d'Ors in a row.' I was in and out of the team a bit, people sign all the time, I felt like I deserved more than I did."If they'd have got to a decent, reasonable offer at that point, you'd probably sign, but it went on and on. It's an amazing club, and still, I was like, 'How can you leave City at this point?'Milner was keen to extend his contract with two years remaining, but only received a good offer at the last minute(Image: 2015 Getty Images)"We were flying, and Liverpool had pushed us close a couple of years before, but they weren't up there challenging again.

It was too late, I'd already made my mind up."Milner ended up playing more games for Liverpool than for any other club during his career(Image: 2023 Liverpool FC)Despite sticking with his decision, Milner admitted that it was one he could have regretted. If the owners had gotten involved earlier, I suppose I would've stayed there for sure," Milner added."At that point, Liverpool, what they said was attractive, and the size of Liverpool as a club...