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  • 19/06/2025
Is James Milner the best free transfer of all time?
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00:00Now the biggest football transfers aren't always the most expensive.
00:03James Milner is living proof, right?
00:05Hear me out.
00:06He made his debut in the Premier League at 2002 at just 16 years old for Leeds.
00:102002, that's 23 years ago.
00:13Bear in mind he's still playing at the top level for Brighton.
00:16He's actually the oldest ever player in the Premier League's history.
00:19Only Gareth Barry's played more games than him at the top level.
00:22That's more than Gerrard, Scholes, Lampard, you name it, James Milner comes out on top.
00:26In 2015 he joined Liverpool from City for free, right?
00:30No hype, no headlines, nothing.
00:32Prime Milner way.
00:33But what he did there was priceless.
00:34Machine in training, a leader off the pitch and someone that Klopp could trust in nearly any position.
00:39From full back into midfield.
00:41He won it all.
00:41He won the Champions League, the Premier League, playing anywhere at any time.
00:45Milner hasn't just played in the Premier League, he's become an icon in the Premier League.
00:4923 years at the top is absolutely mind-boggling.
00:52True meaning of what it is to be a proper, old-fashioned professional player.
00:56Not many players can last that long playing at one club, let alone playing at the top level.
01:00And Liverpool got it all for free.
01:02And Liverpool got it all for free.
01:03And Liverpool got it all for free.
01:04And Liverpool got it all for free.
01:05And Liverpool got it all for free.
01:06And Liverpool got it all for free.
01:07And Liverpool got it all for free.
01:08And Liverpool got it all for free.
01:09And Liverpool got it all for free.
01:10And Liverpool got it all for free.
01:11And Liverpool got it all for free.
01:12And Liverpool got it all for free.
01:13And Liverpool got it all for free.
01:14And Liverpool got it all for free.
01:15And Liverpool got it all for free.
01:16And Liverpool got it all for free.
01:17And Liverpool got it all for free.
01:18And Liverpool got it all for free.

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