Winger Routledge ready to leave Spurs for Aston Villa

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With Ashley Young having won a call-up to the full England squad on the back of consistently good form on the left, Villa boss Martin O'Neill wants to beef up his options on the right where both Stiliyan Petrov and Craig Gardner have failed to make the spot their own.

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Routledge: has struggled to impose himself at Tottenham

Routledge has suffered a frustrating season as Aaron Lennon has been the preferred choice of both Martin Jol and new Spurs boss Juande Ramos.

However, the former England Under-21 international will fit into O'Neill's blueprint of buying young, home-grown players and Routledge certainly possesses the Villa boss's other major requirement - pace, particularly in his front players.

The move should be formalised this afternoon with a press conference confirming the switch due to take place either later this evening or tomorrow.

Initial reports had O'Neill also succeeding in taking Tottenham midfielder Kevin-Prince Boateng to Villa Park for £3m, but these were denied by the White Hart Lane club.

O'Neill has made several other enquiries that have so far come to nothing in January. He made a late bid for Jonathan Woodgate and also Rangers' Alan Hutton but saw both of them going to Spurs.