According to the Chronicle, he winger's agent is pushing to have talks on a new contract when Keegan is back in the country.
Although we cannot understand the urgency because the player still has three years left on his contract.
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Mike Ashley's decision to look to cut the club's wage bill could have something to do with it, making the demands from the Yorkshireman an issue.
Milner obviously wants to stay on Tyneside, but he does not want the bizarre situation two years ago when he passed a medical at Villa Park, was set to sign, then received a phone call at the last minute from Freddy Shepherd saying the deal was off.
It was thought Keegan slapped a figure of £7m on Milner's head, trying to put off interested parties, but that is well within Liverpool's budget.