Terry McDermott: Newcastle sold James Milner to Villa as they'd lined up Bastian Schweinsteiger
Newcastle United sold James Milner to
Aston Villa eight years ago because they thought they had Bastian
Schweinsteiger lined up to replace him.
Milner, who had already spent a season-long loan at Villa in 2005/06, moved to Villa Park on a permanent deal in August 2008.
However, Terry McDermott, who was assistant to Newcastle manager Kevin Keegan at that time, has revealed the club only allowed Milner to leave because they believed Schweinsteiger, then at Bayern Munich, was on his way to the north east.
"We were actually at the club when we sold him, myself and Kevin Keegan," he told the 5times podcast.
"We sold him for £15m. The story goes - and this is a true story - we didn't want him to leave but we needed to get other players in because we'd had a bid of £15m.
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