EPL - Villa reject £20m City bid

Aston Villa have rejected a £20 million bid from Manchester City for talented England midfielder James Milner.

City made the offer on Wednesday but Villa have rebuffed the approach, insisting that PFA Young Player of the Year Milner is not for sale.

Manchester United and Chelsea have also been linked with the player who first burst to prominence as a 16-year-old with Leeds, but City made the first move, aiming to make Milner the second Villa player in as many summer's to leave the Midands for Manchester.

However, Villa have revealed that they have turned down the offer and are hoping to convince Milner to sign a new contract with the club.

Milner helped Villa reach the final of the Carling Cup, the semi-finals of the FA Cup and the top six of the Premier League and owner Randy Lerner stated only last week that he was hopeful of the player remaining at Villa.

English FA Cup result - Leeds v Tottenham

Leeds U. 1 - 3 Tottenham H.
Leeds U. - L. Becchio (45min)
Tottenham H. - J. Defoe (37min, 73min, 90min)

English FA Cup - Fifth round draw

Wolves/Crystal Palace v Aston Villa
Manchester City v Stoke City
Derby County v Birmingham City
Bolton Wanderers v Tottenham/Leeds United
Chelsea v Cardiff City
Fulham v Notts County/Wigan
Reading v West Bromwich Albion
Southampton v Portsmouth

Ties to be played on weekend of February 13

English FA Cup result - Tottenham v Leeds

Tottenham H. 2 - 2 Leeds U.
Tottenham H. - P. Crouch (42min), R. Pavlyuchenko (75min)
Leeds U. - J. Beckford (52min, 90min[pen])

EPL - Vidic ruled out for ten days

Nemanja Vidic will spend ten days on the sidelines as a result of the leg injury which forced him to miss last weekend's shock FA Cup defeat at the hands of Leeds United.

There are speculations that Vidic's future at United was in doubt although the player stated this week that he has a "marvellous relationship" with the Ferguson who brought him to Old Trafford in January 2006.

English FA Cup result - Man Utd v Leeds

Manchester U. 0 - 1 Leeds U.
Leeds U. - J. Beckford (19min)