Aston Villa manager Martin O’Neill insists that Gareth Barry is still an Aston Villa player and he has another two more years in his contract.

“Gareth has two years of his contact left to run,” he told Sky Sports.

O’Neill was quick to point out the offer Liverpool received from Inter Milan which was for Steven Gerrard.

“It was pretty interesting that apparently there was an offer in for Steven Gerrard, I believe from some Italian team.

“The first thing Liverpool came out with was that Gerrard has a number of years left to run on his contract, so there you go.

“We might just come out with the same sort of message. We will do our utmost to do so and that’s what the fans would like.”