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James Milner has lifted the lid on the day a Liverpool legend and former Reds boss apologised to for a public slur.

But the put down wasn't quite as it seemed.

James Milner has revealed what happened between himself and Graeme Souness at Newcastle, in the August edition of FourFourTwo.

The magazine asked: "At Newcastle, Graeme Souness, your boss - said: 'I don't see myself being here for a long time buying a team of James Milners.' Did that hurt?"

Milner replied: "I think it was more like: 'You don't win anything with a team of James Milners.' Yeah, it did, reading it as a young lad. But he apologised and said he'd got misquoted and that he didn't mean it.

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"When someone has an opinion, even if it ends up misquoted, people jump on it. But as a player you love the chance to shut people up.

"Any time that you're criticised it drives you on and you try to prove people wrong. That's what I did in that part of my career.

"But I get on with Graeme - there's no beef. When I won the Premier League title at Manchester City he was covering the game and he came over to congratulate me."

Milner also revealed the one position he still has to fill on a football field, and how much he would love to play there!

FourFourTwo asked: "You said that the only position you haven't played in is goalkeeper. Would you do it in an emergency?"

And Milner revealed: "A million per cent. I'm there. It's the only one to tick off. I've done every outfield position. I'd definitely put my hand up - you've got to be a little bit crazy, haven't you? The only problem would be my height - other than that I'd stick my head in where it hurts."

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