James Milner insists Manchester City players are unaffected by the speculation around teammate Carlos Tevez.

Milner insisted the circus surrounding the return of Tevez will not distract them from trying to win silverware.

He said: "I don't really understand the difficulties. We just carry on playing football.

"There are more people stood outside the training ground but to us, we just go out there and work hard every day in training.

"Our focus is on the games ahead - as it has been all season."