• Manchester City target will meet Martin O’Neill to discuss future
• Midfielder may be pulled out of pre-season tour to Portugal

James Milner is expected to hold talks with Martin O’Neill when he returns to Aston Villa for pre-season training tomorrow, with the furore last week about his future still fresh in the mind. The England international was given an extended break following the World Cup finals but he is due to report to the club’s Bodymoor Heath training ground tomorrow morning, where it is anticipated he will meet the manager to discuss his position.

Milner was deeply upset last Thursday, when O’Neill claimed that he had “intimated” he wanted to leave the club during a meeting held at the end of the season in the