When it comes to the renewal of Liverpool player contracts this summer, most of the talk will be about Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane, as two of Europe's elite forwards reach a crossroads in their careers and subsequent stardom.
But while mega-money packages are offered, rejected and counter-offered, a one-year extension for one of English football's most decorated sons is on the table and as it appears he will sign it.
James Milner joined Liverpool on June 4, 2015 in a free transfer move from Manchester City. Having already won every domestic trophy possible with the Sky Blues, the feeling in some quarters was that Milner had moved to Anfield for more game time in a team that was not quite at the levels of the cash-rich Mancunians. Somewhere to begin to wind his career down, perhaps.
