Charles Hawtrey
Player Valuation: £50m
see Tyler Dibling….no idea, why would he be interested?
Benicetoourboys
Player Valuation: £35m
Think of it like an Easter Egg Hunt & you will find the answer Eggs.….genuinely no idea what that has to do with Tony Hibbert’s birthday
Preki
Player Valuation: £25m
Cody David?
www.theguardian.com
How six Britons could play in one game in Slovakia’s ‘fast track’ top flight
Former Manchester United, Spurs, Everton and Arsenal players are preparing for AS Trencin’s clash with Zemplin Michalovce on Saturday
Vaughan
Player Valuation: £35m
got to be the currently active ex player most would have back in the side surely?
other candidates would be Onana, Gordon (can’t see him being popular), Digne, James, Richarlison
Blue peter
Player Valuation: £40m
Is he back on the grass yet? He’s been out a while
From the 
Gordon's return would be a great event forum wise
Billy Dean
Player Valuation: £70m
Tom Cleverly's Plymouth with an excellent 5-2 win over League 1 leaders Cardiff at the weekend. Plymouth could be potentially setting themselves up for a push to join Steven Schumacher's Bolton in the playoff places
I like the subtle digs at Milner's achievement here.
Charles Hawtrey
Player Valuation: £50m
clearly the Guardian gets it.....
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When James Milner made his Premier League debut for Leeds he was 16 years old. He came on as an 84th-minute substitute for Jason Wilcox, the current Manchester United director of football, to help close out a win over West Ham in which Harry Kewell, Nick Barmby and Mark Viduka scored. Pathé news reports from the time reveal that Westlife were top of the charts and a few days later Michael Jackson would dangle his baby from a Berlin balcony. Fabian Hürzeler, Milner’s current gaffer at Brighton, was a nine-year-old urchin, learning his times tables and being tucked into his race-car bed. More than 20 years later, Milner is 40, still playing in the top flight, and is the living personification of a hard-working, clean-living, low maintenance model professional who has finally eclipsed Gareth Barry to make the all-time Premier League appearance record his own. Frankly, after 23 seasons at six different clubs doing the bare minimum just to stay relevant, the most obvious conclusion to draw is that the universally admired and well-liked “Millie” is apparently not all he’s cracked up to be.
Let’s crunch those numbers, eh? While Milner’s start for Brighton against Brentford on Saturday may have taken him to 654 appearances, finally overtaking Barry’s longstanding record of 653, in terms of “minutes spent on the pitch”, Milner isn’t even in the top flight’s top 10 toilers. For every minute Barry spent out there with his sleeves rolled up while he got things done and took care of business, Milner could be found spending several more kicking his heels on the substitutes’ bench while his more industrious and reliable teammates got on with the hard graft. While Barry may have lost his Premier League record, he played 13,874 more minutes than the man who just took it – the equivalent of 154 full matches. Put in perspective it could be argued the only accolade Milner ought to crow about is his record number of more than 200 top-flight appearances off the bench. While Barry was developing industrial-grade calf muscles and the thousand-yard stare of a man who has tracked back for two decades, Milner was ostensibly enjoying a series of very well-paid 15-minute jogs to keep his heart rate slightly above resting.
Not that he is or ever has been one to crow. By his own (infamous parody Social Media Disgrace) account, the 40-year-old’s longevity can largely be attributed to hard work and a strict diet of chicken with no sauce, vegetables and Ribena. “It will be nice to stop talking about it,” said Milner, after securing the record by helping Brighton to a much-needed win over a Brentford side who are 475 appearances behind him on the Premier League appearance front. “To pass the mark, it’s obviously a big number but it’s not something I’ve really concentrated on. Anyone who knows me knows I’m all about the team. I’m just pleased in the last two games to play more minutes and have the opportunity to help the team.” And with that the famously teetotal midfielder from Wortley went off to mark the occasion by finally living life on the edge: adding a second bag to the pot and staying up past 10.30pm to watch Match of the Day highlights of his own 89th-minute substitution.
[/td]Let’s crunch those numbers, eh? While Milner’s start for Brighton against Brentford on Saturday may have taken him to 654 appearances, finally overtaking Barry’s longstanding record of 653, in terms of “minutes spent on the pitch”, Milner isn’t even in the top flight’s top 10 toilers. For every minute Barry spent out there with his sleeves rolled up while he got things done and took care of business, Milner could be found spending several more kicking his heels on the substitutes’ bench while his more industrious and reliable teammates got on with the hard graft. While Barry may have lost his Premier League record, he played 13,874 more minutes than the man who just took it – the equivalent of 154 full matches. Put in perspective it could be argued the only accolade Milner ought to crow about is his record number of more than 200 top-flight appearances off the bench. While Barry was developing industrial-grade calf muscles and the thousand-yard stare of a man who has tracked back for two decades, Milner was ostensibly enjoying a series of very well-paid 15-minute jogs to keep his heart rate slightly above resting.
Not that he is or ever has been one to crow. By his own (infamous parody Social Media Disgrace) account, the 40-year-old’s longevity can largely be attributed to hard work and a strict diet of chicken with no sauce, vegetables and Ribena. “It will be nice to stop talking about it,” said Milner, after securing the record by helping Brighton to a much-needed win over a Brentford side who are 475 appearances behind him on the Premier League appearance front. “To pass the mark, it’s obviously a big number but it’s not something I’ve really concentrated on. Anyone who knows me knows I’m all about the team. I’m just pleased in the last two games to play more minutes and have the opportunity to help the team.” And with that the famously teetotal midfielder from Wortley went off to mark the occasion by finally living life on the edge: adding a second bag to the pot and staying up past 10.30pm to watch Match of the Day highlights of his own 89th-minute substitution.
