James Milner is on the brink at Manchester City.

The Telegraph says while City boss Manuel Pellegrini is keen to retain Milner, who has been one of the club's most influential players this season, little progress has been made on contract negotiations which started over three weeks ago.

City's director of football, Txiki Begiristain reopened talks with Milner's representatives from The Professional Footballers' Association in November.

Yet, there remains a deadlock that looks no nearer to reaching a resolution now as it did in May.