O'NEILL: HANDS OFF YOUNG

Aston Villa boss Martin O'Neill has issued a hands-off warning over England international Ashley Young.

The pacey winger is attracting plenty of transfer speculation, with Liverpool, Spurs and Chelsea, along with Spanish giants Barcelona and Real Madrid, all thought to be interested in the PFA Young Player of the Year.

But O'Neill insists not even a bid of £50m would persuade him to sell the 24-year-old, who arrived at Villa from Watford back in 2007 for a then club-record £9.65m.

The Villa boss told The Sun: "There has been no thought about selling him.

"If somebody came in with £50m, I would not do it. It would be up to the chairman but the last time I spoke to Randy Lerner he was not entertaining anything, at any price.

"There are loads of teams who want him but he's at the right club.

"I could not be more strong on this. He's not going anywhere."